Anna Minton
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Anna Minton is a British writer and journalist. Born 19 April 1970, educated at St.Paul's Girls' School, London and Queen's College Oxford. Minton has worked as a foreign correspondent, business reporter and social affairs writer and has won a number of national journalism awards. She is the author of Ground Control: Fear and Happiness in the Twenty-First Century City (Penguin, 2009).
, Minton began to focus on larger projects for various think tanks and policy organizations. She has written reports for the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors
(RICS), Demos, and Shelter amongst others and she is the author of the Joseph Rowntree Foundation
’s Viewpoint publication entitled ‘Why Are Fear and Distrust Spiralling in Twenty-First Century Britain?’ (2009).
Ground Control: Fear and Happiness in the Twenty-First Century City (Penguin, 2009) is a book which looks at the ownership of various UK cities to investigate the effect and nature of public space.
Minton's interest in public space took root when she wrote a series of reports on the phenomena of city spaces. The first, ‘Building Balanced Communities’, was originally published by the RICS in 2002 and focused on gated communities and ghettos in the United States, questioning to what extent these trends were also being transported to the United Kingdom
. The second, ‘Northern Soul' (Demos and the RICS, 2003) looked at polarization and culture in the British city of Newcastle
, while Minton’s third and final report, ‘What Kind of World Are We Building?’ (RICS, 2006) investigated the growing privatisation of public space in the United Kingdom.
Anna Minton is a member of the writers’ panel for the Commission for Architecture and the Built Environment
and appears regularly on television and radio to discuss her work on urban environments. She is a frequent contributor to The Guardian
.
Work
After a decade in journalism, including a period spent as a staff member of the Financial TimesFinancial Times
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, Minton began to focus on larger projects for various think tanks and policy organizations. She has written reports for the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors
Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors
The Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors is an independent, representative professional body which regulates property professionals and surveyors in the United Kingdom and other sovereign nations....
(RICS), Demos, and Shelter amongst others and she is the author of the Joseph Rowntree Foundation
Joseph Rowntree Foundation
The Joseph Rowntree Foundation is a British social policy research and development charity, that funds a UK-wide research and development programme. It seeks to understand the root causes of social problems, to identify ways of overcoming them, and to show how social needs can be met in practice...
’s Viewpoint publication entitled ‘Why Are Fear and Distrust Spiralling in Twenty-First Century Britain?’ (2009).
Ground Control: Fear and Happiness in the Twenty-First Century City (Penguin, 2009) is a book which looks at the ownership of various UK cities to investigate the effect and nature of public space.
Minton's interest in public space took root when she wrote a series of reports on the phenomena of city spaces. The first, ‘Building Balanced Communities’, was originally published by the RICS in 2002 and focused on gated communities and ghettos in the United States, questioning to what extent these trends were also being transported to the United Kingdom
United Kingdom
The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern IrelandIn the United Kingdom and Dependencies, other languages have been officially recognised as legitimate autochthonous languages under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages...
. The second, ‘Northern Soul' (Demos and the RICS, 2003) looked at polarization and culture in the British city of Newcastle
Newcastle upon Tyne
Newcastle upon Tyne is a city and metropolitan borough of Tyne and Wear, in North East England. Historically a part of Northumberland, it is situated on the north bank of the River Tyne...
, while Minton’s third and final report, ‘What Kind of World Are We Building?’ (RICS, 2006) investigated the growing privatisation of public space in the United Kingdom.
Anna Minton is a member of the writers’ panel for the Commission for Architecture and the Built Environment
Commission for Architecture and the Built Environment
The Commission for Architecture and the Built Environment was an executive non-departmental public body of the UK government, established in 1999. It was funded by both the Department for Culture, Media and Sport and the Department for Communities and Local Government.-Function:CABE was the...
and appears regularly on television and radio to discuss her work on urban environments. She is a frequent contributor to The Guardian
The Guardian
The Guardian, formerly known as The Manchester Guardian , is a British national daily newspaper in the Berliner format...
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