To mark the anniversary of John Ruskin’s birthday, Martin Fidler and Andrew Stuck invite you to a Ruskin Walk in Shoreditch on Saturday 8 February 2014. It also marks the launch Celeb8Feb a 5 year campaign of Ruskin Walks building to 200th anniversary of Ruskin’s birth in 1819. The community of people living and working […]
Plenty of Space for Walking
Anne Devine is an American endurance walking artist who lives within the Caitskill Mountain Park in upstate New York. The area was made famous in the 18th century by the Hudson River School of Artists. The mountain’s lakes, reservoirs and rivers provide the water for New York City. It is an area rich in […]
5 years from now
To mark the 5th anniversary of Talking Walking in 2013, producer Andrew Stuck from Rethinking Cities Ltd. & the Museum of Walking invited 12 thought leaders from the worlds of walking around the globe to give their 5 year forecast for walking. Talking Walking is Britain’s leading walking podcast website, with more than 45 recorded […]
Expedition into the Digital Unknown
Our New Year’s Resolution in 2013 was to get better acquainted with social media, GPS and smartphone apps that will assist us in gaining a better understanding of the neighbourhoods, places and streets around us. So we embarked on an “Expedition in to the Digital Unknown” in February from Highbury & Islington tube station to […]
Weaving wellbeing into neighbourhoods
Rethinking Cities presents a Weaving Wellbeing Walkshops. The Walkshop (mobile workshop) involve a 90 minute walkabout with prompts to engage participants in discussion and observation, followed by an hour long debriefing session with local experts during which shared learning is encouraged. You’ll explore how an existing neighbourhood can be refurbished to promote residents’ wellbeing and […]
Walking Sideways
Andrew Stuck from Rethinking Cities & the Museum of Walking, producer of Talking Walking, has been invited to take part in the month-long Sideways 2012 Festival – a 334km trek across Belgium west to east int eh compnay of 30 walking artists. Sideways 2012 is the brainchild of Andy Vandyvere of Trage wegen – literally […]
Squatting and Common Land in Hackney
Squatting “unlawfully occupy an uninhabited building or settle on a piece of land” OED Not far from the news at any time over the last couple of years with Occupy and Dale Farm the most prominent, squatting has played a pivotal role in the cultural milieu of Hackney and other London boroughs. Ownership of buildings and […]
Undergrowth
Join south London artist, Rachel Gomme on “Undergrowth” an investigation in to the natural growth amid the concrete, brick and asphalt of two of south London’s neighbourhoods. It provides a chance to reconnect with the natural within the city, and with the human body as part of nature. From carefully planted trees and well-maintained flower […]
Ruskin Walks in summer 2012
As a finale to the Chelsea Garden Show Fringe Festival how about venturing to the Ruskin Theatre Garden in Croydon, to join East Dulwich artist Martin Fidler and Andrew Stuck, of Rethinking Cities on a Ruskin Walk at 3.00pm on Sunday 10 June? The Ruskin Theatre Garden is to be found on a development site […]
Look up London in May
As a participant in a Look Up London walk, you get the chance to see London’s Skyline in close up. Every participant gets their hands on a pair of binoculars and are offered the best vantage points to view the roof tops and building facades of London’s iconic built heritage. First trialled in the City […]