Tag: Garden Suburb

  • Everything gardens>Cities

    Everything gardens>Cities

    The term Garden City is immediately evocative and attractive. Who doesn’t like gardens? Who doesn’t think a city like a garden would be appealing? This is the term’s greatest advantage and most disabling handicap: it creates a positive feeling without offering any clear definition about what it means. Thus it can be all things to…

  • Beating the Bounds 4: Maldon to SWF via Purleigh

    Whoever escaped/ Kept a weather-eye open and moved away. Seamus Heaney (trans.) Beowulf A volte-face of an old favourite: the walk from South Woodham Ferrers to Maldon via Purleigh. The trick with this walk, in either direction, is to leave early enough to reach The Bell in Purleigh before they stop serving food. I got…