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Christopher Howse is travelling the nation to speak to local people about their high street. How it has changed and what they miss… This week, Christopher explores Newark in Nottinghamshire.
There’s a new type of footgear in town, but what do shoes that are barely shoes at all signify? And what is their point, exactly?
SIR – There appears to be a worrying pattern in the way demonstrations and civic disturbances are being policed, especially by the Met. In the first instance there seems to be a hands-off policy: remember the early environmental protests, where officers handed out water and stood chatting with demonstrators as roads were brought to a standstill. Only after public outrage and political pressure did police tactics change. This hands-off strategy is now being applied to Free Palestine and anti-Isra
Faversham residents up in arms at 320-acre housing scheme that Duchy of Cornwall says will deliver the ‘most sustainable’ homes possible