House in the Country by Simon Matthews
For nearly 150 years living in a house in the country has been what many of us aspire to. This book explores how this idea was imported from the US by Ebenezer Howard, founder of the garden city movement, the impact it has had in the UK and why, on cost and environmental grounds, it's time to move on from this approach. House in the Country presents a richly detailed narrative containing much social and cultural commentary as well as interviews with key figures in this field, including 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 *
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 *
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
SIMON MATTHEWS has had a varied career including serving as a local councillor in London for more than ten years, a spell running the British Transport Films documentary film library and several years singing in semiprofessional 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; the sequel, Looking for a New England, followed in 2021. He is also the author of House in the Country, Free Your Mind! and Before It Went Rotten.
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| ISBN 13 | 9780857304957 |
| ISBN 10 | 085730495X |
| Title | House in the Country |
| Author | Simon Matthews |
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| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Oldcastle Books Ltd |
| Year published | 2022-06-29 |
| Number of pages | 256 |
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