The state of, and solutions to, Britain’s social housing crisis | Adam James Pollock
An increase in the number of council houses and other social housing is a positive thing towards which the government must aspire, it would furthermore simply not be enough to neglect quality in favour of quantity. Where we live, not just our home, but our street, our neighbourly community, affects everyone around us, having a fundamental impact on the quality of life of everyone whom it comes into first-, second-, and even beyond third-hand contact with.
We learn from history not to erase history | Adam James Pollock
History is important, not only to commemorate the achievements of nations or individuals, but also to learn from their mistakes. Subsequently, the best way to understand why such abject destruction of history is objectively bad, we must look at the lessons which history itself bestows us on this topic.
Beautiful architecture and crime-free streets go hand-in-hand | Charlie Pearson
The all but forgotten concept within psychology, traditionally known as ‘The Law of Broken Windows’, can be first attributed to the prominent psychologist Philip Zimbardo, whose experiment uncovered the theory in 1969. Albeit, this theory was made considerably more infamous by the former Mayor of New York City, Rudy Giuliani, who made a very public connection between crime, architecture and environment.