Looking back over the past, say, thirty years, future historians might think it distinctly queer that we have spent so much effort and time in promoting a view of play that is somewhat to the side of what we value, what we believe: that is, the non-instrumental value of play. But who are ‘we’? ‘We’… Continue reading

Originally posted on Playground Guru: This article was first published in Playground Professionals Newsletter, July 20, 2015 As a child of the sixties I spent my teen years grappling with the issues of the Vietnam War, the free speech movement, and civil rights. Our generation wanted to do something to make the world a better… Continue reading

Originally posted on Islington Play CEO: The numbers are lower at the adventure playgrounds. Parents are worried about letting their children out and children are worried about going out. Regular users and those children who are dropped off and picked up are coming but there are no passers by. Islington feels like a quieter, sadder… Continue reading

Arthur Batram kindly commented on my last piece, ‘On Evidence. On the Political’. (See the comments section after that article)  For reasons that I hope will become clear if you care to read on, I thought that his piece too rich simply to leave a short comment-type reply.  So, in a scatter-gun sort of way,… Continue reading

Thanks to Arthur Batram for finding and sharing this: “We don’t promote risky play” Nor should you.. Continue reading

Tim’s blog draws useful attention both to Wolverhampton City Council’s approach to risk management and to Helen Tovey’s extremely good article in Nursery World. And there is more potentially good news – or at least news that travels in the right direction – from the Higher Courts. A recent case – West Sussex County Council… Continue reading

Play services decimated by cuts. This is my first reblog. Hope I’ve done it right. It’s an article by Tim Gill. Continue reading