by Andrew Simms | Jun 1, 2021 | Car Free Megacities, Initiatives
Great cities set the tone for modern living and a new campaign for Car Free Megacities is aiming to improve the music of our urban streets as well as clear their air. The campaign is writing to the mayors of Paris, New York and London to ask if they will...
by Andrew Simms | Apr 7, 2021 | Badvertising, Blog
New study shows three quarters of ‘off road’ SUVs sold in towns and cities and calls on ad agencies to drop polluters We are far less in control of the things that we buy, such as cars, than we think. In a new study, Mindgames on wheels we show how marketing created...
by Andrew Simms | Jan 24, 2021 | Blog, Creative Thinking
On the morning of Sunday 24 January, 97,329 lives had been taken by the COVID-19 pandemic in the UK, according to Government statistics. By some estimates, the country had already passed 100,000 deaths 11 days earlier. Marking this milestone is in some sense...
by Andrew Simms | Jan 7, 2021 | Blog, Rethinking Economics
Each year the Financial Times newspaper investigates the UK’s upcoming economic prospects with a survey of economic analysts. New Weather’s Andrew Simms took part. The survey’s predictions often prove highly accurate but after such an extraordinary year, and with...
by Andrew Simms | Dec 16, 2020 | Blog, Rethinking Economics
Andrew Simms and Sarah Woods reflect on the accidental relevance of their performance-lecture Neoliberalism: The Break-Up Tour for the launch of Digital Theatre+’s new filmed discussion. “A pandemic spreads” are the first three words of our participatory...
