[From the archive] When safe is not sound. The spirit of the age seems to be one of scaremongering, with ads feeding on all our fears. We need a more positive outlook as we enter the new millennium As we approach 1999 and the 365-day countdown to the new millennium, we should expect a host of documentaries, exhibitions and books about the current and future prospects for humanity. A tall order, but an irresistible project nonetheless. Who could shy away from a debate about re

A Very British [Design] Coup at the General Post Office in the 30s The decade preceding the outbreak of World War II was a pivotal moment in the development of graphic design as a profession. The 1930s saw the commissioning of graphic designers, for the first time, at the General Post Office (GPO) and was central in the changing fortunes of a very British institution. The GPO would employ some of the brightest and best that would go on to be regarded as part of the graphic de

Stocking-fillers for Christmas, books from 2025 from contributors of the Future Cities Project My short review of Reforming Lessons: Why English Schools Have Improved Since 2010 and How This Was Achieved, by Nick Gibb and Robert Peal, Routledge. Other reviews can be read here. Few people, even among committed educationalists, would describe many books on education as inspiring, but Reforming Lessons is just that. A first-hand account of the reforms that have been applied to E