James Perry
@perryjims.bsky.social
Architect and planner. Housing and urbanism. Will draw things for money.
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James Perry
@perryjims.bsky.social
· Apr 10
Pleased to be longlist for the Davidson Prize - Metroland - a plan to connect land use, transport and low carbon living. Plus, an amazing team featuring all the those needed to deliver.
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I wrote about design in the regions...with some uncomfortable truths.
It’s great that London has new design advocates. But what about elsewhere?
It’s great that London has new design advocates. But what about elsewhere?
www.architectsjournal.co.uk
January 31, 2026 at 2:12 PM
I wrote about design in the regions...with some uncomfortable truths.
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On almost everything – fraud, polarisation, radicalisation, misinformation – evidence suggests that over 60s are in much more urgent need of online protection and education than teenagers.
But that issue gets zero political attention, and is a total non-starter. Nothing good will come of it.
But that issue gets zero political attention, and is a total non-starter. Nothing good will come of it.
This was a minor story on London news this morning - but suspect is a real cautionary (and alarming) tale of an older man getting radicalised online.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Sidcup man convicted aover explosive attack on Ulez camera
Kevin Rees's homemade bomb caused damage to vehicles and property including a child's bedroom.
www.bbc.co.uk
January 29, 2026 at 9:43 AM
On almost everything – fraud, polarisation, radicalisation, misinformation – evidence suggests that over 60s are in much more urgent need of online protection and education than teenagers.
But that issue gets zero political attention, and is a total non-starter. Nothing good will come of it.
But that issue gets zero political attention, and is a total non-starter. Nothing good will come of it.
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It’s time to ban social media for the over-60s, restrict their screen-time and implement upper-limit age verification.
This was a minor story on London news this morning - but suspect is a real cautionary (and alarming) tale of an older man getting radicalised online.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Sidcup man convicted aover explosive attack on Ulez camera
Kevin Rees's homemade bomb caused damage to vehicles and property including a child's bedroom.
www.bbc.co.uk
January 29, 2026 at 9:29 AM
It’s time to ban social media for the over-60s, restrict their screen-time and implement upper-limit age verification.
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The @my-metro.bsky.social fare cap helps to simplify tickets for passengers, even if some fares may rise as a result. Ultimately, we need integrated tickets, allowing people to move seamlessly and affordably between Metro, bus, and rail.
www.chroniclelive.co.uk/news/north-e...
www.chroniclelive.co.uk/news/north-e...
Tyne and Wear Metro passengers warned of price hikes despite £2.50 fare cap
While mayor Kim McGuinness has made promises of cheaper Metro travel from a new cap on fares, the changes will actually increase costs for passengers taking shorter journeys
www.chroniclelive.co.uk
January 29, 2026 at 9:51 AM
The @my-metro.bsky.social fare cap helps to simplify tickets for passengers, even if some fares may rise as a result. Ultimately, we need integrated tickets, allowing people to move seamlessly and affordably between Metro, bus, and rail.
www.chroniclelive.co.uk/news/north-e...
www.chroniclelive.co.uk/news/north-e...
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Things people don’t say: “Remember that nice relaxing meal we had on holiday. The one outside the cafe beside that lovely busy road?”
January 28, 2026 at 12:41 PM
Things people don’t say: “Remember that nice relaxing meal we had on holiday. The one outside the cafe beside that lovely busy road?”
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A newsroom of profound cowards
A battle over the truth erupts after deadly Minneapolis shooting
A battle over the truth erupts after deadly Minneapolis shooting
Federal and local leaders are sharply divided over what happened and who is to blame.
dlvr.it
January 26, 2026 at 12:58 PM
A newsroom of profound cowards
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In our conservative estimate, 41 percent of Grok’s images — or 1.8 million — were sexualized depictions of women. Separately, CCDH analyzed how many were sexualized images across genders and ages. Their findings: an estimated 3 million images, including more than 23,000 of children.
January 22, 2026 at 3:01 PM
In our conservative estimate, 41 percent of Grok’s images — or 1.8 million — were sexualized depictions of women. Separately, CCDH analyzed how many were sexualized images across genders and ages. Their findings: an estimated 3 million images, including more than 23,000 of children.
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The Darlington nurses' legal team included a well-known anti-abortion campaigner, and an anti-semite.
🔗 teesside.thelead.uk/p/christian-...
🔗 teesside.thelead.uk/p/christian-...
January 18, 2026 at 8:22 AM
The Darlington nurses' legal team included a well-known anti-abortion campaigner, and an anti-semite.
🔗 teesside.thelead.uk/p/christian-...
🔗 teesside.thelead.uk/p/christian-...
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And so the cycle begins again at Old Eldon Square.
Christmas markets gone, grassed areas reseeded, all fenced off until it regrows.
Many other European cities have paved public squares so they’re versatile & useable all year.
Greenery is inc. through trees & plants, not grass.
Christmas markets gone, grassed areas reseeded, all fenced off until it regrows.
Many other European cities have paved public squares so they’re versatile & useable all year.
Greenery is inc. through trees & plants, not grass.
January 13, 2026 at 9:25 AM
And so the cycle begins again at Old Eldon Square.
Christmas markets gone, grassed areas reseeded, all fenced off until it regrows.
Many other European cities have paved public squares so they’re versatile & useable all year.
Greenery is inc. through trees & plants, not grass.
Christmas markets gone, grassed areas reseeded, all fenced off until it regrows.
Many other European cities have paved public squares so they’re versatile & useable all year.
Greenery is inc. through trees & plants, not grass.
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Not looking like this car dominated detached cack they won’t!
October 31, 2025 at 11:29 AM
Not looking like this car dominated detached cack they won’t!
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British police have killed fewer people in the last 100 years than American police kill in an average month.
Policing in America is an ongoing tragedy.
Policing in America is an ongoing tragedy.
January 9, 2026 at 7:33 PM
British police have killed fewer people in the last 100 years than American police kill in an average month.
Policing in America is an ongoing tragedy.
Policing in America is an ongoing tragedy.
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As Tees Valley mayor Lord Houchen's defence of his deal with local businessmen crumbles, here's the Eye's recent special report on how Britain's flagship regeneration scheme secretly turned into one of the biggest giveaways of public money on record.
➡️ www.private-eye.co.uk/special-repo...
➡️ www.private-eye.co.uk/special-repo...
Special Report: Stripped Tees
IT WAS to be the UK’s largest regeneration scheme in decades, a model for regional devolution and the flagship post-Brexit freeport. But the redevelopment of the former steelworks on the south bank of...
www.private-eye.co.uk
January 9, 2026 at 2:41 PM
As Tees Valley mayor Lord Houchen's defence of his deal with local businessmen crumbles, here's the Eye's recent special report on how Britain's flagship regeneration scheme secretly turned into one of the biggest giveaways of public money on record.
➡️ www.private-eye.co.uk/special-repo...
➡️ www.private-eye.co.uk/special-repo...
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Call me old-fashioned, but following evidence-based policy on reducing alcohol limits to reduce "killing off" pedestrians and other road users seems pretty sensible.
It's not actually obligatory to drink booze in a pub, plenty of modern non-alcoholic options.
Also let's improve walking routes!
It's not actually obligatory to drink booze in a pub, plenty of modern non-alcoholic options.
Also let's improve walking routes!
January 7, 2026 at 11:27 AM
Call me old-fashioned, but following evidence-based policy on reducing alcohol limits to reduce "killing off" pedestrians and other road users seems pretty sensible.
It's not actually obligatory to drink booze in a pub, plenty of modern non-alcoholic options.
Also let's improve walking routes!
It's not actually obligatory to drink booze in a pub, plenty of modern non-alcoholic options.
Also let's improve walking routes!
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Hey, are you still posting at the deepfake CSAM website formerly known as Twitter?
Who’s who at X, the deepfake porn site formerly known as Twitter
A look inside Elon Musk’s big tent
www.ft.com
January 6, 2026 at 4:57 PM
Hey, are you still posting at the deepfake CSAM website formerly known as Twitter?
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NEW: Teesworks Ltd has published its latest accounts.
Despite plummeting revenues, the businessmen at the centre of the controversial redevelopment project continue to increase their dividends each year.
This year they paid themselves more than £32m against revenue of £6m.
Despite plummeting revenues, the businessmen at the centre of the controversial redevelopment project continue to increase their dividends each year.
This year they paid themselves more than £32m against revenue of £6m.
Teesworks: Dividends increased to £30m despite plummeting income
Latest accounts for Teesworks Ltd show increase in payments to shareholders
teesside.thelead.uk
January 6, 2026 at 2:57 PM
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The government really does need to pre-empt this, it is absolutely absurd.
NEW: Teesworks Ltd has published its latest accounts.
Despite plummeting revenues, the businessmen at the centre of the controversial redevelopment project continue to increase their dividends each year.
This year they paid themselves more than £32m against revenue of £6m.
Despite plummeting revenues, the businessmen at the centre of the controversial redevelopment project continue to increase their dividends each year.
This year they paid themselves more than £32m against revenue of £6m.
Teesworks: Dividends increased to £30m despite plummeting income
Latest accounts for Teesworks Ltd show increase in payments to shareholders
teesside.thelead.uk
January 6, 2026 at 1:15 PM
The government really does need to pre-empt this, it is absolutely absurd.
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Back to work tomorrow, but I've been putting the holidays to good use and utilised a bit of AI object detection to create a game called 'Is somebody driving illegally on Blackett St?'.
Pretend you're a traffic warden see how much you earn in fines:
www.sphericalsquare.net/blackett-str...
Pretend you're a traffic warden see how much you earn in fines:
www.sphericalsquare.net/blackett-str...
January 4, 2026 at 6:38 PM
Back to work tomorrow, but I've been putting the holidays to good use and utilised a bit of AI object detection to create a game called 'Is somebody driving illegally on Blackett St?'.
Pretend you're a traffic warden see how much you earn in fines:
www.sphericalsquare.net/blackett-str...
Pretend you're a traffic warden see how much you earn in fines:
www.sphericalsquare.net/blackett-str...
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December 11, 2025 at 4:10 PM
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Since 2011 the fuel duty freeze has cost the Treasury £133 billion.
This huge amount could have paid for lower train and bus fares, better stations, safer walking, wheeling and cycling and much more!
www.thetimes.com/uk/politics/...
This huge amount could have paid for lower train and bus fares, better stations, safer walking, wheeling and cycling and much more!
www.thetimes.com/uk/politics/...
Rachel Reeves will freeze fuel duty to dodge ‘political suicide’
The chancellor will also highlight a rise in the minimum wage and plans to cut energy bills as she tries to win over voters by focusing on cost of living
www.thetimes.com
November 25, 2025 at 4:56 PM
Since 2011 the fuel duty freeze has cost the Treasury £133 billion.
This huge amount could have paid for lower train and bus fares, better stations, safer walking, wheeling and cycling and much more!
www.thetimes.com/uk/politics/...
This huge amount could have paid for lower train and bus fares, better stations, safer walking, wheeling and cycling and much more!
www.thetimes.com/uk/politics/...
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Play sufficiency is so much more than green spaces and play spaces. It should be about housing densities, streets and transport infrastructure. Green spaces and play spaces were proposed as play infrastructure in the twentieth century mainly as a way to avoid doing anything meaningful about traffic.
Healthy communities need safe, accessible spaces where children can play.
Today I’m asking the government to ensure our planning system makes space for play in housing developments.
#PlayMatters #HealthyCommunities
Today I’m asking the government to ensure our planning system makes space for play in housing developments.
#PlayMatters #HealthyCommunities
October 28, 2025 at 6:42 PM
Play sufficiency is so much more than green spaces and play spaces. It should be about housing densities, streets and transport infrastructure. Green spaces and play spaces were proposed as play infrastructure in the twentieth century mainly as a way to avoid doing anything meaningful about traffic.
New record on Grey St (9am 07.07.25) 10 vehicles either parked on the square, in the cycle lanes or in the footpath. 👍
July 7, 2025 at 6:51 PM
New record on Grey St (9am 07.07.25) 10 vehicles either parked on the square, in the cycle lanes or in the footpath. 👍
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"The Russian Pavilion"
...nothing at all should be happening in the Russian Pavilion. It should be cloaked in black.
...nothing at all should be happening in the Russian Pavilion. It should be cloaked in black.
May 7, 2025 at 6:30 AM
"The Russian Pavilion"
...nothing at all should be happening in the Russian Pavilion. It should be cloaked in black.
...nothing at all should be happening in the Russian Pavilion. It should be cloaked in black.
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Please, sir, I want some more Help-to-Buy
Due to unaffordable mortgages and a lack of government support, the dream of homeownership is slipping away for an entire generation.
Our latest report, Broken Ladder: Stairway to Never, reveals just how far out of reach the housing ladder has become for most first-time buyers.
Our latest report, Broken Ladder: Stairway to Never, reveals just how far out of reach the housing ladder has become for most first-time buyers.
May 7, 2025 at 10:16 AM
Please, sir, I want some more Help-to-Buy
Final few hours left to vote for Metroland 👇🏼
Pleased to be longlist for the Davidson Prize - Metroland - a plan to connect land use, transport and low carbon living. Plus, an amazing team featuring all the those needed to deliver.
Would love your vote 👇🏼
form.jotform.com/250892443342...
Would love your vote 👇🏼
form.jotform.com/250892443342...
April 28, 2025 at 12:51 PM
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