All articles by barbara speed

barbara speed

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Britain's transport police want you to text them if you're harassed on the tube

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Local authorities have been creating their own rules for public spaces, and some of them seem a little extreme

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A developer demolished a pub in Kilburn without council permission

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Here's why we can't actually fill the Tower of London's moat with water again

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How can we build skyscrapers without throwing cities into shadow?

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Delhi is using technology and an all-female police force to make public transport safer for women

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Cities' productivity is proportional to their size – unless they're British

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Europe’s post-crash ghost towns

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China strictly controls urbanisation and limits migrant workers' rights – but all that could be changing

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The campaign against Battersea's "Claphamisation"