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No quarter given

Creativity within a place can’t be defined or nurtured by physical boundaries. We need to redefine what we mean by ‘creative quarter’, says Ivan Tennant

June saw the opening of the Folkestone Triennial, a festival of art in the public realm linked to the Creative Foundation – an arts led regeneration project. The foundation’s work centres on the creative quarter, a block within Folkestone’s Old Town that has been comprehensively restored and has been the focus of attempts to foster creative enterprise. This it is hoped will, in turn, catalyse the renewal of the rest of the town.

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When your city is viewed as a ‘working class theme park’ you have to shake things up

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Making sense of the white paper’s finer details

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Open door policy

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A new economics agenda for a new minister for cities

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Flying the flag for the north

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The case for community budgeting is growing

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Divine inspiration

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Public service reform: people power or privatisation?

Within hours of some wag tweeting ‘it’s a great day to be burying bad newspapers’, David Cameron was launching the Open Public Services White Paper just as the News International tsunami broke.

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Blue sky thinker

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There’s a great opportunity to boost the green economy – we can’t bottle it

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Risky business?

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Championing creativity in all its forms

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Beyond the housing market crisis

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Time to widen our horizons on energy policy?

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Cash in hand