Walter Menzies

England's Northwest Walter Menzies

"People are more important than newts. i-pods are more beautiful than pot-pourri. Windfarms are more inspiring than ramblers. Less is more. Time is short". "From a sustainability perspective, it is blindingly obvious that climate change, storms, floods, rivers, drug dealing and traffic gridlock do not recognise lines on maps. People know this". England's Northwest was the first region in the World to industrialise on an epic scale. Transition towards the sunlit uplands of sustainable cities and futures is shaky. Dark forces live on. This book collects pieces from thirty years of advocacy and provocation. There is tragedy. There is comedy...and there is hope. Spaceship Earth: operating manual found Grim down south England's Northwest: birth and death Partnership: the aerosol word Whitewashing the yard: regeneration Banned words and bullshit bingo Art will save the world Original modern...and raining: Manchester The pool of life: Liverpool River that changed the world: Mersey Liverpool meets Manchester: Atlantic Gateway