Staying Close to the River
Reflections on travel and politics

Ken Worpole

'“Through a unique series of letters, Staying Close to the River takes you to the source of things, charting a route through four generations of family life in East London, the political progress of the left, the cities of the world and human fallibility.'”

Published by Lawrence & Wishart, 1995.
(A few copies are still available – email: worpole@blueyonder.co.uk)

Libraries in a World of Cultural Change

Liz Greenhalgh & Ken Worpole, with Charles Landry

Based on Comedia's pioneering re-evaluation of the role of the public library network in Britain.

“An excellent book based upon considerable empirical research, yet also extremely sophisticated in a theoretical sense and written in an economical and lucid style.”

Published by UCL Press in 1995. Still in print.

Towns for People

Ken Worpole

A pioneering study of the crisis facing town centres, as retailing came to dominate, and many other kinds of economic and social activities were pushed to the margins.

“'The book overflows with the lively experience of urban life in Britain in the 1990s.”

Published by Open University Press, 1992, reprinted 1993.
Now out of print.