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The convincing case for why our future is urban -- Danny Dorling How do you persuade buyers your new development isn't really in a city? Call it a 'garden suburb' or a 'garden city'. Anyone curious about the origin of those two strange oxymorons can learn much from Simon Matthews's House in the Country, a history of British town planning over the past two centuries * Telegraph * In the light of the government's recent proposal of a 'benefits to bricks' scheme to 'reinvigorate the council housing Right to Buy programme', House in the Country is timely, offering a decent primer on how we've ended up where we are when it comes to housing * Spectator * Anyone interested in the challenges of housing policy will want to read this methodical analysis of what went well and what did not over much of the last century -- Lord Heseltine

Anyone interested in the challenges of housing policy will want to read this methodical analysis of what went well and what did not over much of the last century -- Lord Heseltine

The convincing case for why our future is urban -- Danny Dorling How do you persuade buyers your new development isn't really in a city? Call it a 'garden suburb' or a 'garden city'. Anyone curious about the origin of those two strange oxymorons can learn much from Simon Matthews's House in the Country, a history of British town planning over the past two centuries * Telegraph * Anyone interested in the challenges of housing policy will want to read this methodical analysis of what went well and what did not over much of the last century -- Lord Heseltine

The convincing case for why our future is urban -- Danny Dorling Anyone interested in the challenges of housing policy will want to read this methodical analysis of what went well and what did not over much of the last century -- Lord Heseltine

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Simon Matthews has had a varied career including a spell running the British Transport Films documentary film library and several years singing in semi-professional rock groups. He has contributed articles on music, film and cultural history to Record Collector, Shindig! and Lobster magazines. Psychedelic Celluloid, his illustrated history of UK music, film and TV between 1965 and 1974 was published by Oldcastle Books in 2016.

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