If you are curious about Lady Allen - and you should be - here's a video of her in her prime. Tiny van, cut-glass accent and wonky teeth feature, along with (a heads-up) offensive terms for disabled people. 'She gets things done.' Indeed. rethinkingchildhood.com/2013/06/24/lad…

“Play and adventure: the best preparations for life.” Resonant words at the unveiling of the #blueplaque for Lady Allen of Hurtwood from her nephew Richard Gill (no relation). He’s second from the right in this photo.

Why are teens so anxious and depressed? 1) all-engrossing immersion in social media 2) lack of free play. So says Jonathan Haidt, and he is making waves. If you want to build the case for #outdoorplay you must check out his work. intelligencesquared.com/events/generat…

Another exciting #childrensculture #childrensplay event from the art world: a film night with 3 intriguing films from Barbican Centre on 8 Aug. It's linked to the Francis Alÿs exhibition I tweeted about recently. I'm planning to go. barbican.org.uk/whats-on/2024/…

An 8:30am to 5:30pm #SchoolStreet - ensuring the health and safety of children all day.
Fantastic to see Westminster City Council. 👏

Anyone know of any other all-day School Streets?
Mums For Lungs

Quick write up of our #toddlertown experiments in #Shipley & some immediate learnings we observed.. lots of building on pioneers in this space #childfriendly #activation #Urban95 #prototyping PlayfulAnywhere Tim Gill Pauline Johnston

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This exhibition is well worth a Summer trip to London for. A compelling, engrossing document of global #childrensplay culture. I saw the Brussels version, and was blown away. barbican.org.uk/whats-on/2024/…

Very happy to be part of this. Even more happy to see @thetcpa revisiting topics that were central to the vision of its founder, #ebenezerhoward . (See also my recent tweet).

'The council said after next year it would struggle to fund any service it did not have a legal duty to provide.' SIX adventure playgrounds at risk of closing - hundreds of children would suffer a huge loss. bbc.co.uk/news/uk-englan…

A rural #NoBallGames (to be played). I mean, who would imagine that you might be able to play on a big green space in the middle of a village?

“There is absolutely no wish to limit children’s play.” Hmm. theguardian.com/world/2024/apr…

Calling folk involved in #housing and #urbandevelopment : I'm pleased to be speaking in July at this lively London event, on a panel talking about kids and cars. There's a 2-for-1 ticket deal that ends tomorrow. #childfriendly not #carfriendly festivalofplace.co.uk/events/festiva…

A lovely example of a play #affordance . theguardian.com/uk-news/2022/m…

My contribution to transport policy. Looking forward to working on the details of this with Tim Gill...