The Continental guide to urban living: how European ways could transform our cities
It would once, perhaps, have been unthinkable. Britain look to France for a bright idea? Pull the other one. But this week, the national habit of pouring scorn on our traditional antagonists over the Channel was put firmly aside as Ken Livingstone, the Mayor of London, announced plans to embrace an innovative Parisian project in bid to enhance the quality of life in the British capital.