Antony Carpen
@acarpen.bsky.social
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.
NEW BLOGPOST: "Cambridge Transport Plan 2014" #LostCambridge Including rural cycleway loops from Sustrans, and another abandoned attempt to get a road bridge across Stourbridge Common. lostcambridge.wordpress.com/2025/11/10/c...
November 10, 2025 at 11:30 PM
NEW BLOGPOST: "Cambridge Transport Plan 2014" #LostCambridge Including rural cycleway loops from Sustrans, and another abandoned attempt to get a road bridge across Stourbridge Common. lostcambridge.wordpress.com/2025/11/10/c...
#LostCambridge 2014 - this was the original long term transport plan for Cambridge which was mean to have been completed by 2026. www.cambridgeshire.gov.uk/residents/tr... 👀
November 10, 2025 at 10:38 PM
#LostCambridge 2014 - this was the original long term transport plan for Cambridge which was mean to have been completed by 2026. www.cambridgeshire.gov.uk/residents/tr... 👀
One of the free groups that meets weekly in Cambridge every Monday is the Cambridge branch of Andy's Man Club. 7pm at Coleridge Community College. www.facebook.com/profile.php?...
November 10, 2025 at 12:54 PM
One of the free groups that meets weekly in Cambridge every Monday is the Cambridge branch of Andy's Man Club. 7pm at Coleridge Community College. www.facebook.com/profile.php?...
(***Yawn***) #PoliticsLive with their semi-permanent slot on immigroootion, unable to see the bigger international picture. Don't their staff get bored of this repeated political soundbite tennis?
November 10, 2025 at 12:46 PM
(***Yawn***) #PoliticsLive with their semi-permanent slot on immigroootion, unable to see the bigger international picture. Don't their staff get bored of this repeated political soundbite tennis?
Re #RemembranceSunday, easy to overlook the importance of logistics and those involved in supplying those fighting on the front line. The US produced an extended history in 1947, republished in 1993 at history.army.mil/portals/143/...
@artemisapphire.bsky.social We discussed.
@artemisapphire.bsky.social We discussed.
November 9, 2025 at 11:23 PM
Re #RemembranceSunday, easy to overlook the importance of logistics and those involved in supplying those fighting on the front line. The US produced an extended history in 1947, republished in 1993 at history.army.mil/portals/143/...
@artemisapphire.bsky.social We discussed.
@artemisapphire.bsky.social We discussed.
Why was Remembrance 1956 so controversial? Because of the Suez crisis that brought down Prime Minister Sir Anthony Eden. In #Cambridge, Canon Mervyn Stockwood enraged local Conservatives by standing for election to Cambridge City Council for the Labour Party. In 'Red Romsey'. And got elected! -->
November 9, 2025 at 7:27 PM
Why was Remembrance 1956 so controversial? Because of the Suez crisis that brought down Prime Minister Sir Anthony Eden. In #Cambridge, Canon Mervyn Stockwood enraged local Conservatives by standing for election to Cambridge City Council for the Labour Party. In 'Red Romsey'. And got elected! -->
#RemembranceSunday in #Cambridge in times gone by. 1932, 1933, 1934, 1956 from the Cambridgeshire Collection in the central library.
- Sid Moon's tribute
- The students' tradition of dressing up and collecting for charities in town
- Anti-war marches
- Gathering in the large hall of the Guildhall
- Sid Moon's tribute
- The students' tradition of dressing up and collecting for charities in town
- Anti-war marches
- Gathering in the large hall of the Guildhall
November 9, 2025 at 7:22 PM
#RemembranceSunday in #Cambridge in times gone by. 1932, 1933, 1934, 1956 from the Cambridgeshire Collection in the central library.
- Sid Moon's tribute
- The students' tradition of dressing up and collecting for charities in town
- Anti-war marches
- Gathering in the large hall of the Guildhall
- Sid Moon's tribute
- The students' tradition of dressing up and collecting for charities in town
- Anti-war marches
- Gathering in the large hall of the Guildhall
Re that story on AI-generated objections to planning applications, their guide on how to object (but without AI) reads well. www.objector.ai/guides/how-t... Expect a similar AI-tool for 'how to support planning applications' to land soon from YIMBY circles too. (AIPlanning-arms-race?)
November 9, 2025 at 5:43 PM
Re that story on AI-generated objections to planning applications, their guide on how to object (but without AI) reads well. www.objector.ai/guides/how-t... Expect a similar AI-tool for 'how to support planning applications' to land soon from YIMBY circles too. (AIPlanning-arms-race?)
Every so often there's an article listing them (eg from 2006 news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/magazin... ) Most of them are sort of 'ceremonial' but I think they are official state honours for the non-royals who receive them.
November 8, 2025 at 11:49 PM
Every so often there's an article listing them (eg from 2006 news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/magazin... ) Most of them are sort of 'ceremonial' but I think they are official state honours for the non-royals who receive them.
"There are no safe bike routes from Cambridge to these towns." billboyheritagesurvey.wordpress.com/2024/02/28/t... Because the Greater Cambridge Partnership was established on administrative #Localgov boundaries, not on how people actually live.
November 8, 2025 at 8:09 PM
"There are no safe bike routes from Cambridge to these towns." billboyheritagesurvey.wordpress.com/2024/02/28/t... Because the Greater Cambridge Partnership was established on administrative #Localgov boundaries, not on how people actually live.
#DarkestHour is on BBC2 www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/live... - here's Clement Attlee being portrayed in 'The Norway debate' that led to the fall of Neville Chamberlain - the latter who as Chancellor brought in massive austerity which made The Great Depression in the UK even worse. 1/2 -->
November 8, 2025 at 6:14 PM
#DarkestHour is on BBC2 www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/live... - here's Clement Attlee being portrayed in 'The Norway debate' that led to the fall of Neville Chamberlain - the latter who as Chancellor brought in massive austerity which made The Great Depression in the UK even worse. 1/2 -->
ICYMI: Proposals for a new hospital in Cambridge - a sort of 'New, New Addenbrooke's' cambridgetownowl.com/2025/09/24/p...
November 8, 2025 at 6:05 PM
ICYMI: Proposals for a new hospital in Cambridge - a sort of 'New, New Addenbrooke's' cambridgetownowl.com/2025/09/24/p...
One of the risks the pro-growth lobby for Cambridge have repeatedly not factored in are the Political risks to their policies. Time and again they've had to go back to the drawing board. Eg congestion charging through to mayoral elections re buses vs light rail. This from YP Cambridge
November 8, 2025 at 3:51 PM
One of the risks the pro-growth lobby for Cambridge have repeatedly not factored in are the Political risks to their policies. Time and again they've had to go back to the drawing board. Eg congestion charging through to mayoral elections re buses vs light rail. This from YP Cambridge
…the @cambsgreenparty.bsky.social has just broken through the 1,500 members ceiling. They’ve also got events coming up cambridge.greenparty.org.uk (Can’t recall a time when the main two local parties have faced such a public-facing challenge in neighbourhoods from more than one other party).
November 8, 2025 at 2:42 PM
…the @cambsgreenparty.bsky.social has just broken through the 1,500 members ceiling. They’ve also got events coming up cambridge.greenparty.org.uk (Can’t recall a time when the main two local parties have faced such a public-facing challenge in neighbourhoods from more than one other party).
Ah - that explains the rise in traffic on my blogposts on Florence Ada Keynes - pictured here during her mayoralty lostcambridge.wordpress.com/2024/11/16/f...
November 8, 2025 at 6:19 AM
Ah - that explains the rise in traffic on my blogposts on Florence Ada Keynes - pictured here during her mayoralty lostcambridge.wordpress.com/2024/11/16/f...
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November 7, 2025 at 6:25 PM
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@greenpartyemma.bsky.social ...only I'm trying to persuade CamCitCo to commission a paper on neuroarchitecture & recent findings for our emerging local plan evidence base! 😁(eg Neurodiverse people are more sensitive to designs that generate mental stress. Like this application on Station Rd corner)
November 6, 2025 at 11:39 PM
@greenpartyemma.bsky.social ...only I'm trying to persuade CamCitCo to commission a paper on neuroarchitecture & recent findings for our emerging local plan evidence base! 😁(eg Neurodiverse people are more sensitive to designs that generate mental stress. Like this application on Station Rd corner)
"THE KING has been pleased by Letters Patent under the Great Seal of the Realm dated 3 November 2025 to declare that Andrew Mountbatten Windsor shall no longer be entitled to hold and enjoy the style, title or attribute of “Royal Highness” and the titular dignity of “Prince”." 1/2
November 6, 2025 at 10:20 PM
"THE KING has been pleased by Letters Patent under the Great Seal of the Realm dated 3 November 2025 to declare that Andrew Mountbatten Windsor shall no longer be entitled to hold and enjoy the style, title or attribute of “Royal Highness” and the titular dignity of “Prince”." 1/2
NEW BLOGPOST: “It has been nearly a quarter of a century since the SuperCam logo was created – I might put it on a t-shirt or something.” cambridgetownowl.com/2025/11/06/a... As light rail commissioner appointment called in by CPCA Overview & Scrutiny Cttee 👀
November 6, 2025 at 8:29 AM
NEW BLOGPOST: “It has been nearly a quarter of a century since the SuperCam logo was created – I might put it on a t-shirt or something.” cambridgetownowl.com/2025/11/06/a... As light rail commissioner appointment called in by CPCA Overview & Scrutiny Cttee 👀
Later today with the Romsey Music Club on Mill Road, #Cambridge.
Lunchtime Concert
1.15pm
St Philip's Church
Lunchtime Concert
1.15pm
St Philip's Church
November 6, 2025 at 12:39 AM
Later today with the Romsey Music Club on Mill Road, #Cambridge.
Lunchtime Concert
1.15pm
St Philip's Church
Lunchtime Concert
1.15pm
St Philip's Church
NEW CARBUNCLE: This monstrosity of a planning application on the corner of Station Road #Cambridge just landed. The gateway to a university city? 🤢🤢🤮 cambridgetownowl.com/2025/11/05/b...
November 5, 2025 at 9:53 PM
NEW CARBUNCLE: This monstrosity of a planning application on the corner of Station Road #Cambridge just landed. The gateway to a university city? 🤢🤢🤮 cambridgetownowl.com/2025/11/05/b...
A generation of us elder millennials were warned by Lisa Simpson on needed to be graded all the time 😁
November 5, 2025 at 8:04 PM
A generation of us elder millennials were warned by Lisa Simpson on needed to be graded all the time 😁
"With Greater Cambridge’s population set to grow by over 25% to 400,000 by 2040, inclusive growth is both an imperative for people in the city and an economic necessity"
Inner Circle Consulting p30 of Appendix 7. Peterborough City Council. democracy.peterborough.gov.uk/mgAi.aspx?ID...
Inner Circle Consulting p30 of Appendix 7. Peterborough City Council. democracy.peterborough.gov.uk/mgAi.aspx?ID...
November 5, 2025 at 7:02 PM
"With Greater Cambridge’s population set to grow by over 25% to 400,000 by 2040, inclusive growth is both an imperative for people in the city and an economic necessity"
Inner Circle Consulting p30 of Appendix 7. Peterborough City Council. democracy.peterborough.gov.uk/mgAi.aspx?ID...
Inner Circle Consulting p30 of Appendix 7. Peterborough City Council. democracy.peterborough.gov.uk/mgAi.aspx?ID...
@elliottonguk.bsky.social Item 10 Appendix 1 at democracy.peterborough.gov.uk/ieListDocume... may be of interest to your members in North Cambs (And any young greens who want to see what such a plan looks like) @cambsgreenparty.bsky.social
November 5, 2025 at 6:54 PM
@elliottonguk.bsky.social Item 10 Appendix 1 at democracy.peterborough.gov.uk/ieListDocume... may be of interest to your members in North Cambs (And any young greens who want to see what such a plan looks like) @cambsgreenparty.bsky.social
"The rise is believed to be linked to the requirement on Offender Management Units to digest and implement a range of operational and legislative changes"
I never understood why private firms needed to be commissioned to transfer prisoners. www.gov.uk/government/s... WHy not keep it in house?
I never understood why private firms needed to be commissioned to transfer prisoners. www.gov.uk/government/s... WHy not keep it in house?
November 5, 2025 at 6:09 PM
"The rise is believed to be linked to the requirement on Offender Management Units to digest and implement a range of operational and legislative changes"
I never understood why private firms needed to be commissioned to transfer prisoners. www.gov.uk/government/s... WHy not keep it in house?
I never understood why private firms needed to be commissioned to transfer prisoners. www.gov.uk/government/s... WHy not keep it in house?