Ken Worpole: writer and environmentalist

Ken Worpole is one of Britain’s most influential writers on architecture, landscape and public policy issues.

He has an Honorary Doctorate from Middlesex University, and is a Senior Professor at The Cities Institute, London Metropolitan University.

He has served on the UK government Urban Green Spaces Task Force, and has been an adviser to the Commission for Architecture and the Built Environment (CABE) and the Heritage Lottery Fund.

His principal concerns are with the planning and design of new urban landscapes, the renewal of public institutions – including parks, libraries, cemeteries and green space networks – as well as the pleasures and democracy of life in the open air.

For lecturing purposes you can contact him at worpole@blueyonder.co.uk.

MOST RECENT BOOK

Jew Boy by Simon Blumenfeld

New edition of this classic novel contains a long essay by Ken Worpole on Blumenfeld's life and work.

Published by London Books.
www.london-books.co.uk