Bernard Spiegal

December 2017

December 17, 2017

Here we go again: No Risk, No Play

I’d forgotten, it was some time ago, but a series of tweets I saw reminded me that I had responded to an invitation to write an article for LA+ Interdisciplinary Journal of Landscape Architecture, published by the University of Pennsylvania School of Design. They wanted an article about – you guessed it! – ‘Risk and… Continue reading

Freedom, parks, Play in public realm, Play Provision Standards and Inspections, Regulation, social space, Standards
December 7, 2017

Palestinian metaphor: mud bricks

This blog represents a departure from its usual hunting ground. It addresses a subject that I have been itching to speak about via this medium for some time. My reluctance to do so, until now, was based on my awareness that my understanding of the issue was based primarily on book-learning, newspaper/magazine articles and lectures,… Continue reading

Palestine/Israel

Israel, Oppression, Palestine, Pushback, Resilience

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My name is Bernard Spiegal, I write mainly about Palestine/Israel and related issues; sometimes other stuff too

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