Spirits of Place, a new book edited by John Scanlan and Katie Milestone has recently been published. The origins of this book were in a coach trip / workshop that we organised in June 2023 to mark the creation of the new Cumberland Council in April that year ...
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Robin Rigg wind farm, seen in the distance from Whitehaven Harbour (Image: John Scanlan)
Mythical Past, Infinite Future
A new article titled ‘Mythical Past, Infinite Future’, has just been published in the journal Architecture and Culture, Vol. 3/11 (2025). It looks at the overlapping / co-existing temporalities of West Cumbria (or West Cumberland, as it would be more correct to say now) and the traces they leave on the built environment of a region that has sought to position itself as a leader in new greener forms of energy production …
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