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How did Reading get so prosperous – and how can smart town planning keep it that way?

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20 March 201923 February 2023

Professor Kathy Pain explores how the town once famed for ‘beer, biscuits and bulbs’ became a hub for high tech industry and explains how smarter town planning could secure its…Read More >

How did Reading get so prosperous – and how can smart town planning keep it that way?

Warmer winters, drier summers: how will Reading handle climate change?

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22 January 201928 January 2019

A changing climate is expected to mean more extreme weather events such as intense rainfall and floods, heat waves and droughts – and these impacts are expected to increase over…Read More >

Urban rooms: where people get to design their city’s future

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21 January 201923 February 2023

Universities can play an important role in helping local people to understand and influence the long term future of their city. As Reading develops an urban room – a space…Read More >

How we’ll sit less and move more in Reading, 2050

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8 November 201823 February 2023

Most of us now live in cities, leading sedentary lifestyles. Dr William Bird, CEO of Intelligent Health, who is presenting the next Reading 2050 lecture on 29 November, outlines how…Read More >

From veterinary tools to video games – the MERL redevelopment two years on

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17 October 201818 October 2018

Director of the Museum of English Rural Life (The MERL), Kate Arnold-Forster, reflects on a recent overhaul to transform a niche-interest collection of farming objects to a museum for all,…Read More >

Reading 2050: a vision for future urban living

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22 June 201815 November 2021

What will Reading look like in 30 years‘ time? How can we ensure there will be jobs, living spaces and facilities that we can enjoy in a sustainable way? The…Read More >

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