Why have Britain’s new towns become fashionable again?

为什么英国的新城镇再次变得时尚?

Children playing on the modern art which adorns a shopping square of Stevenage New Town, Hertfordshire.

2024-09-12  928  中等

The new government’s precious place seems to be Stevenage, a town of 90,000 people about 25 miles (40km) north of London. Sir Keir Starmer went there in 2020 to launch his campaign to lead the Labour Party. He has returned several times since. In July Labour won the seat from the Tories. One of his ministers, Lady Taylor, led the local council for 16 years. Another, Matthew Pennycook, went there to announce that the government intends to build more towns like it. For Stevenage and its ilk, it is a remarkable reversal.

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