John Oxley

John Oxley is a writer and broadcaster. He blogs at www.joxleywrites.jmoxley.co.uk

Articles

Housing

Rural Nimbys are reaping what they sowed

The Campaign to Protect Rural England has sounded the alarm once again about the affordability of countryside living. The organisation is worried about the growing disparity between prices and incomes, especially in southern England – but as one of Britain’s foremost Nimby campaign groups, it’s hard to believe that they will accept the solutions necessary […]

Policy

Let the old pubs burn! How our heritage obsession is becoming a Nimbys’ creed

A few years ago I was touring Independence Hall in Philadelphia. Our guide was an exceptionally charismatic member of the National Parks Service. ‘This place is old AND stuff happened here’ he began, ‘My house is old, but nothing happened there. If something happened there, I’d be taking you there too. But it didn’t’. This […]