Ex-Whitehall type still with views on public policy, but now local historian in Cambridge (UK) blogging at https://lostcambridge.com/ - also writing about the future of the city on The Cambridge Town Owl.
Antony Carpen
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Tonight (Wednesday) from 2115, BBC Four will show the 1997 series 'The Nazis: a Warning from History'.
The whole series is available now on BBC iPlayer. www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/b0074kmy
Documentary series examining how Hitler came to power. By January 1933, Germany had voted for a chancellor who was openly opposed to democracy.
SPORTZ NOOZE: "Welcome to the cheap seats" - or are those the expensive ones?
NEW BLOGPOST AND NEW OLD MAP: The new old map first because ***it is a gem***. The City of York, 1928.
"What Cambridge could learn from the City of York in 1928" 1/2 --->
NEW BLOGPOST: "The use of the terms HQPT and MRT only serve to make the general public cynical about the forms of public transport systems that highways engineering professionals are preparing for an expanded Cambridge" cambridgetownowl.com/2026/06/10/t...
"When was the last time local government in your town and city researched and produced such a comprehensive guide to the public services where you live?" cambridgetownowl.com/2026/06/11/w... Including multiple #Localgov recommendations for ministers. Progress update?
4. Repeat to yourselves: victims are not responsible for the violence against them, so stop framing communities under attack as a “flashpoint” or “source of tension”. The relevant question is who is organising, excusing, enabling, or participating in racist intimidation.
