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Walking the route of the M62
Follow the exploits of roving vicar John Davies as he recounts his cross-country walk beside the M62 motorway on Talking Walking's first podcast of 2010 ...MORE
(28 February 2010)

Unlucky in Love? Try Place Dating
Just launched is a new place dating site where you can recommend urban places, spaces and streets that inspire romance. Find out where you can discover romance. ...MORE
(11 February 2010)

Democratising urban planning
Our next Conversation will be introduced by Tom Cohen on the topic of "Democratising urban planning" and will take place at the Royal Commonwealth Society in London on Wednesday 24 February. ...MORE
(31 January 2010)

Bargain interventions that change behaviour
Talk the Walk returns in February 2010 with the theme of "Bargain interventions that change behaviour." ...MORE
(21 December 2009)

Dr William Bird talking walking
To close the 2009 season of Talking Walking interviews we hear from Dr William Bird, the family GP that has taken his vision of getting his diabetic patients health walking onto a national scale - whe ...MORE
(21 December 2009)

Walk England?
Out and about with Veronica Reynolds from Walk England, we learn about this new organisation's role in promoting walking. Rethinking Cities' Andrew Stuck interviewed Veronica for the latest episode ...MORE
(5 December 2009)

Harbour safari Hamburg style
Martin Kohler, a professor in urban planning at Hafen City University in Hamburg talks about the Harbour Safari – part guided walk, part exploration of a lost quarter of the city, part art interventio ...MORE
(23 November 2009)

Well-being in the workplace
In association with NHS Greenwich and Living Streets' Walking Works Campaign, we are hosting the fifth Talk the Walk at Novotel in Greenwich from 5.30pm on Wednesday 25 November - register ...MORE
(2 November 2009)

Do council estates have to look like Council Estates?
Liz Kessler poses the question "Do council estates have to look like "council estates"?" at the next Conversation from 5.30pm - 7.30pm on Tuesday 17 November held at John Thompson & Partners LLP 23 ...MORE
(17 September 2009)

Give us this day our daily walk
On foot in south London, with Des de Moor Senior Everyday Walking Officer at The Ramblers, and Tony Armstrong, CEO celebrating 80 years of Living Streets - the latest podcast interviews on Talking Wal ...MORE
(9 August 2009)

Talk the Walk: Childhood
Join the debate and meet fellow professionals to explore how we can improve the lives of children in Britain. The next Talk the Walk will take place on 9 September at Play England. ...MORE
(7 June 2009)

A Shoestring Award
We are currently compiling a directory of affordable and effective initiatives to promote walking. We are calling this the Shoestring Award - can you propose any good practice examples? ...MORE
(26 April 2009)

Animating public space - Talk the Walk
Talk the Walk visited the Commission of Architecture and the Built Environment, on its third outing, from 4.30pm to 7.00pm on Wednesday 3 June. ...MORE
(22 March 2009)

Shared space is old hat
In this Conversation, designer Tim Long explores successful shared spaces on London streets and offers how it can benefit all users. Join him in Conversation on Thursday 23 April. ...MORE
(22 March 2009)

Romantic Ribbons America
Our Romantic Ribbons initiative has crossed the Atlantic and will be launched by the Project for Public Spaces on Saturday 14 February ...MORE
(14 February 2009)

Poem Horni-man wins Urban Design Week prize
A poem about London Road in Forest Hill, south east London, has won the Urban Design Romantic Ribbon competition. Read the poem and find out how you can contribute to Romantic Ribbons. ...MORE
(13 December 2008)

The evolution of the Australian walking professional?
Bill Chandler founder and convenor of Australian Urban Design Forum talks about the evolution of walking professionals in the latest episode of Talking Walking podcasts. ...MORE
(29 November 2008)

Talk the Walk - Networking events for people promoting walking
A second Talk the Walk networking events for professionals promoting walking took place at The Arts Council on Tuesday 10 February - themed appropriately in the run up to Valentine's Day on emotiona ...MORE
(18 November 2008)

Flip Flop Art for sale
Since mid summer artists have been creating artwork inspired by flip flops - the world's most popular footwear! You can purchase any of these pieces and by doing so contribute money to St Christopher ...MORE
(2 November 2008)

Are you a walking brain box?
Last month, in association with our sister site Talking Walking, we ran a quiz on everything about walking - a question for everyday of the month - in celebration of "Walk'tober" and the Barcelona Wa ...MORE
(6 October 2008)

Love in the City? - have you had a hand in designing for love?
Love in the City? - have you had a hand in designing for love? To celebrate Urban Design Week 2008 we invited those who have had a hand in designing our cities to write a postcard recommending a ...MORE
(26 August 2008)

Bored with Debord?
The Autumn season of Conversations opens with Alan Bullion posing the question: "Are we bored with Debord? What can we derive from his concept of drift in the modern city?" - do come and join Alan in ...MORE
(14 August 2008)

Talking Walking
Visit the website from which you can download and listen to interviews of people involved in the world of walking. ...MORE
(18 July 2008)

Romantic Urban Narratives
Andrew Stuck from Rethinking Cities will be presenting a paper at the forthcoming psycho-geography festival in Manchester in June, in which he explores romantic urban narratives from post cards sent v ...MORE
(13 June 2008)

Children and the City
Tim Gill one of the UK's leading commentators on children and childhood is presenting the topic of Children and the City at a Conversation hosted by Rethinking Cities on Wednesday 9 July, 2008. Read ...MORE
(13 June 2008)

Romantic places in London? Let us ask the professionals.
Transport for London hosted a walking and cycling conference at which some 300 professionals from the worlds of walking and cycling came to share ideas and knowledge. Rethinking Cities sought their ...MORE
(14 April 2008)

Know somewhere romantic?
Discover a recommended romantic urban place for you and your lover - go on rekindle your passion. If you know of some urban place equally as romantic or better, why ...MORE
(27 March 2008)

Talking Walking
Listen now or download a podcast to listen later to artists, activists and professionals from the world of walking. ...MORE
(27 March 2008)

Looking for somewhere romantic?
Every week, we are publishing a recommended romantic urban place for you and your lover to discover - go on rekindle your passion. If you know of some urban place equally as romantic or better, why ...MORE
(3 February 2008)

Food deserts for some and gastronomic quarters for others?
Susan Parham will introduce the topic of the politics, sustainability and design of food-centred regeneration in London at a Conversation on Wednesday 5 March. ...MORE
(20 January 2008)

Romantic Toronto
Toronto became the focus for the Romantic Ribbons initiative, with Rethinking Cities conducting a romantic walk shop and the Design Exchange hosting an exhibition. ...MORE
(29 September 2007)

What do we mean by affordable housing?
Martin Ford will stimulate discussion around Affordable housing for the opening Conversation on Future Lifestyles in 2008. Why not join him in Conversation on Tuesday 15 January by registering to tak ...MORE
(10 September 2007)

Celebrating our suburbs
Ian Philips wonders whether today's urbanism obsession of sense of place really matters if a standardised system of suburban housing delivers what people appear to want. Join him in Conversation o ...MORE
(28 August 2007)

Any value in public space?
Following the success of the Conversation in which Rob Cowan introduced the topic: "Putting a value on the public realm." On a 6 weeks trial basis we launched a blog through which anyone could join in ...MORE
(20 May 2007)

In love with Isabella
Isabella Plantation in Richmond Park, has been recommended as the most romantic place in London by entrants in our on-line Romantic Ribbons competition. ...MORE
(27 April 2007)

Community involvement - worth the trouble?
Plenty of confusion still exists about who and what role the community has in regeneration. Sophia de Sousa from the Glass-House will lead a Conversation about the value of community involvement on We ...MORE
(2 April 2007)

Map Ramble
Saturday 28 April sees the second Map Ramble of 2007 starting and finishing at the Geffrye Museum in London E2 8EA - join this experimental investigative street theatre initiative. ...MORE
(12 February 2007)

Where is the Soft City now?
Asks Tim Waterman, urban designer and writer, in Rethinking Cities' next Conversation on 27 February, 2007. ...MORE
(13 January 2007)

Romantic ribbons competition
We are compiling a directory of Romantic Ribbons - walking routes that link romantic places and spaces - across cities in the UK and Europe. ...MORE
(11 January 2007)

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