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The City and the Virus, redux

Posted on Tuesday 4 January 2022 by Max Nathan

The City and the Virus, reduxI’ve got a new paper on COVID-19 and cities published in Urban Studies. You can read the whole thing here: it’s open access.I say new — it’s actually an extensive update and rebuild of this long blogpost I did in 2020. Not …

Cities, covid19, Pandemic, urban planning, urbanism

UK Government’s withdrawn ‘sexist’ advert hits a little too close to home

Posted on Wednesday 5 May 2021 by fdarlingtonpollock

How did a sexist advert inadvertently expose the gendered impact of the COVID-19 pandemic? … More UK Government’s withdrawn ‘sexist’ advert hits a little too close to home

COVID, gender, health, impacts, Pandemic

Do we need a 2026 Census?

Posted on Wednesday 17 March 2021 by fdarlingtonpollock

In today’s post for Census week, Prof Danny Dorling raises questions about the timing of the census: “a snapshot of a strange, unrepresentative time, an image of pandemic Britain”, do we need a 2026 Census? Original article published in The Observer, available online at The Guardian. If Borish Johnson is serious about levelling up, he … More Do we need a 2026 Census?

census, Geography, inequality, Pandemic, Populations