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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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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?

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Blue sky thinker

Maurice Glasman wants to make Labour the party that puts ‘real people’ at the heart politics and isn’t afraid to ruffle a few feathers in the process. Clare Goff meets him

‘If you want a barney you’ve come to the right people,’ said Lord Maurice Glasman in the opening speech of this year’s CLES summit.

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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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Voodoo economic development part II

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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