John Harris on the future of cities
The Bristol conundrum: 'Gentrification is a danger – and if you’re poor, you’re really, really stretched'
In the last of his series of urban dispatches, John Harris encounters a city where civic pride and cultural vivacity are tinged with fears that Bristol is changing in ways some people find hard to take
'Send more rich people!' The reinvention of the once-great naval city of Plymouth
Plymouth relied on its dockyards for 350 years and when they fell into decline the city started to question why it existed at all. In the latest in his series of urban reports, John Harris finds an insight into the future of all British cities
The great reinvention of Manchester: 'It's far more pleasant than London'
A median age of 29? The tallest all-steel apartment building in the UK? Actual enthusiasm on the streets? In the latest in his series of urban reports, John Harris marvels at the improbably glitzy revival of England’s second city
Can a new Bradford emerge from a hole in the ground?
Once a booming textile capital, Bradford has long fallen on hard times. Regeneration efforts have been patchy, but a new shopping centre opens this week. Can it help to overcome the austerity and lazy racial stereotyping that dog the city?
