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        <title>Talk about local's group Blogs</title>
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            <title>Open Gardens Weekend: Calthorpe Garden Festival</title>
            <link>http://kingscrossenvironment.com/2012/05/26/open-gardens-weekend-calthorpe-garden-festival/</link>
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            <pubDate>Sat, 26 May 2012 10:15:15 +0100</pubDate>
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            <title>Spirit level: the movie</title>
            <link>http://neighbourhoods.typepad.com/neighbourhoods/2012/05/spirit-level-the-movie.html</link>
            <description><![CDATA[The gap between rich and poor is at its highest level for 30 years. It's time
to get behind the folk at the Equality Trust, because a campaign film is being
made. More here. And I’ve been passed this notice (thanks Jan): Has inequality
impacted on your life? Want to be part of our campaign? We're looking for
London-based individuals who feel their lives have been affected by the growing
gap between rich &amp; poor. We'd like to come along and film a short piece
with you this weekend which we can use to help explain why this project is so
important. Want to take part? email hello@thespiritleveldocumentary.com]]></description>
            <pubDate>Thu, 24 May 2012 15:21:29 +0100</pubDate>
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            <title>On the fear of interfering</title>
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            <description><![CDATA[Sunday morning, here’s a tap at the door and one of my neighbours says ‘I hope
you don’t think I’m being terribly nosy, but, is everything OK?’ The previous
evening we’d had a couple of ambulances outside because the baby we’re caring
for at the moment needed specialist attention urgently. I don’t have any
problem with neighbours noticing that sort of thing. I’d hate to live in the
sort of place where it went unnoticed, and I’m perfectly capable of politely
giving no more information than is appropriate when talking about children
looked after. Comparable situations probably arise in our neighbourhoods all
the time, and I can well imagine people tentatively discussing with members of
their family, or maybe on the phone to a friend, should they pop round and
check if everything’s ok, or not? Deciding no, then yes, then hesitantly
setting out, perhaps half-hoping that their knock will not be answered…
Something a bit like that happened to me a few years ago. But I’ve known this
woman for about 25 years and get on well with the whole family. We exchange at
least a cheery wave in passing several times a week. A few weeks ago I borrowed
a tool from her husband and had a long chat about this and that. So why would
she think that I might think that she was being 'terribly nosy'? Because in our
culture it seems like an interfering thing to ask, even in those circumstances.
I knew she was genuinely concerned about the baby. It shows how deeply embedded
is this cultural privacy thing, this fear of interfering.]]></description>
            <pubDate>Tue, 22 May 2012 20:26:02 +0100</pubDate>
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            <title>Lovely Coram to host fun day for indepenence!</title>
            <link>http://kingscrossenvironment.com/2012/05/21/lovely-coram-to-host-fun-day-for-indepenence/</link>
            <description><![CDATA[The fantastic children’s charity Coram invites local people aged 13 to 21 to
their free&nbsp;fair for young people. Learn how to rustle up a cheap and
healthy meal, record a beat and try your hand at the DJ booth, speak … <a href=
"http://kingscrossenvironment.com/2012/05/21/lovely-coram-to-host-fun-day-for-indepenence/">
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            <pubDate>Mon, 21 May 2012 08:03:35 +0100</pubDate>
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            <title>York Way – at last!</title>
            <link>http://kingscrossenvironment.com/2012/05/19/york-way-at-last/</link>
            <description><![CDATA[Encouraging news in from Camden: York Way General Layout 18-05-12 (pdf download
of the plan) Dear Councillors, Officers, Sean Murray and other stakeholders,
Further to my email dated the 8th of May announcing approval of the second
phase of the … <a href=
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            <pubDate>Sat, 19 May 2012 13:45:35 +0100</pubDate>
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            <title>Caledonian Ward 2012 Mayoral election results in detail</title>
            <link>http://kingscrossenvironment.com/2012/05/19/caledonian-ward-2012-mayoral-election-results-in-detail/</link>
            <description><![CDATA[London Elects has released the Mayoral election results ward by ward. Here are
the results for Caledonian Ward taken from the Guardian’s map. Candidate, party
First pref votes % 2nd pref % Siobhan Benita 132, 4.8 12 Cortiglia, BNP 32, …
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            <pubDate>Sat, 19 May 2012 06:46:31 +0100</pubDate>
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            <title>Architecture or affluence - which has had more impact on neighbour relations?</title>
            <link>http://neighbourhoods.typepad.com/neighbourhoods/2012/05/architecture-or-affluence.html</link>
            <description><![CDATA[Monday’s episode of Thinking Allowed on R4 was packed with up-to-date thinking
about the ancient issues of community and neighbouring. It’s good to hear Paul
Barker expressing scepticism about over-use of the C word. (So it’s not just
me). And Laurie Taylor speaks to Emily Cockayne about some of the insights from
her history of neighbours (which I wrote about here). Emily reminds us how
central is the issue of privacy: ‘Once anybody gets a sense of privacy from
their neighbours they want to hold onto it’. And she does not miss the chance
to question efforts to reproduce the kinds of neighbouring of the past: ‘We
don’t need to do the things for neighbours that people in the past used to do’.
The discussion at the end of the programme points to but doesn’t quite get to
grips with the comparison between architecturally-led change in neighbour
relations over time, and relative affluence as a driver of such change. Paul
Barker hints that he sees the economic force as the more dominant (and adds
important reference to the distorting effect of childhood memories). Just now I
can’t think of any research that has tried to explore and answer this question;
but I’d just want to make the point that (a) affluence and architecturally-led
privacy go together, but (b) they can impact on neighbour relations in
different ways. History tends to present poverty as something collectively
experienced. But increasingly when I visit neighbourhoods I feel that stark
poverty is scattered almost invisibly around estates where some people are
doing quite well. In a few houses you see signs that there are a couple of
incomes, a couple of smart cars outside and the place is looked after. A few
doors along, papered windows or broken gutters may betray a sudden deprivation
or collapse. Our local practitioners know it’s there. The neighbourly and
community connections may not be in place to respond to this fractured
geography of poverty. As I write I’ve just been finalising arrangements for a
public discussion on changing perceptions of neighbouring, that Emily and I are
running at The Forum in Norwich on 21 June (more detail soon). And I’m also
conscious that if time had allowed I would be at the University of Bath right
now, sitting in on a fascinating conference about ‘The Experience of
Neighbourliness in Europe, 1000-1600’. See also: Emily Cockayne's OU article on
The decline of neighbourliness.]]></description>
            <pubDate>Fri, 18 May 2012 15:08:29 +0100</pubDate>
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            <title>Resilient neighbourhood economies</title>
            <link>http://neighbourhoods.typepad.com/neighbourhoods/2012/05/resilient-neighbourhood-economies.html</link>
            <description><![CDATA[Worth a read: Diane Dyson offers this thorough report on Geoff Mulgan talking
about 'resilient neighbourhood economies', in Toronto recently.]]></description>
            <pubDate>Fri, 18 May 2012 11:23:00 +0100</pubDate>
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            <title>Thornhill Square stolen iphone stash – successful prosecution by local police</title>
            <link>http://kingscrossenvironment.com/2012/05/16/thornhill-square-stolen-iphone-stash-successful-prosecution-by-local-police/</link>
            <description><![CDATA[Good news from the local police as they succeed with a prosecution of a local
serial robber and mugger who used a garden in Thornhill Square to stash a large
haul of stolen iphones. Police message begins: A 22 year … <a href=
"http://kingscrossenvironment.com/2012/05/16/thornhill-square-stolen-iphone-stash-successful-prosecution-by-local-police/">
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            <pubDate>Wed, 16 May 2012 17:05:13 +0100</pubDate>
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            <title>Woof woof wifi</title>
            <link>http://neighbourhoods.typepad.com/neighbourhoods/2012/05/woof-woof-wifi.html</link>
            <description><![CDATA[How to incentivise considerate dog ownership... Are dog owners going to be more
inclined to scoop up after their pooches, if doing so generates free wifi in
the park? In Mexico City they’re giving it a try. The more substantial the
deposit, the more minutes everyone gets. Do watch the video.]]></description>
            <pubDate>Sat, 12 May 2012 11:22:20 +0100</pubDate>
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