Hitting the High Notes - Wayne Hemingway

Hitting the High Notes - Wayne Hemingway

Author: Samuel Stafford January 22, 2022 Duration: 45:37
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Hitting The High Notes is town planning’s equivalent of Desert Island Discs. In these episodes Sam Stafford chats to preeminent figures in the planning and property sectors about the six planning permissions or projects that helped to shape them as professionals. And, so that we can get to know people a little better personally, for every permission or project Sam asks his guests for a piece of music that reminds them of that period of their career.

Unlike Desert Island Discs you will not hear any of that music during the episode because using commercially-licensed music without the copyright holders permission or a very expensive PRS licensing agreement could land Sam in hot water, so, when you have finished listening to this episode, you will have to make do with YouTube videos and a Spotify playlist, links to which you will find below.

Sam's guest for this episode of Hitting The High Notes is Wayne Hemingway. In 1979 Wayne completed a degree in Geography & Town Planning at UCL, co-founding at the same time fashion business Red or Dead. In 1999, having sold the company, he co-founded Hemingway Design, which specialises in affordable and social design. Their conversation takes in squatters, hipsters and Gorillaz.

Wayne's song selections.

Me No Pop (12" version) by Coati Mundi

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dPHN6wBm4sI

(We don’t need this) Fascist Groove Thang (12" version) by Heaven 17

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lV5dbcOmw6I

Harlem River Drive (album version) by Bobbi Humphrey

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kVoWOSCkvQ0

Dare by Gorillaz

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uAOR6ib95kQ 

The light pours out of me by Magazine

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nImOq_eWHEM

Tees Happy (12" version) by North End

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FRDUu96mzvw

Wayne’s Spotify playlist

https://open.spotify.com/playlist/5cDgsrUij1o5Ktf412S6oZ?si=1MSBGIExT36jvU0sdZYAyg

Wayne’s Mixcloud

https://www.mixcloud.com/hemingwaywayne/

Some accompanying reading

Hemingway Design

https://www.hemingwaydesign.co.uk/

Go home to Wayne’s World

https://www.independent.co.uk/property/house-and-home/property/go-home-to-wayne-s-world-9211553.html

Staiths South Bank – A retrospective

https://www.gateshead.gov.uk/media/3820/Staiths-South-Bank-a-retrospective/pdf/Staiths-Retrospective.pdf?m=636440213994870000 

Barratt Developments’ ‘Great Places Initiative

https://www.barrattdevelopments.co.uk/~/media/Files/B/Barratt-Developments/documents/gp-booklet-v1-2014.pdf

Dreamland: Margate amusement park sold for £2.3m

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-kent-56171446

Hipster-led Regeneration

https://www.designcouncil.org.uk/news-opinion/hipster-led-regeneration-wayne-hemingway

Incredible Edible Todmorden

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/may/09/incredible-edible-yorkshire-towns-food-growing-scheme-takes-root-worldwide

East Point / First Light, Lowestoft

https://firstlightlowestoft.com/east-point-pavilion/

Vintage-by-the-Sea, Morecambe

https://www.decopublique.co.uk/vintage-by-the-sea-1

50 Shades T-Shirts!

If you have listened to Episode 45 of the 50 Shades of Planning Podcast you will have heard Clive Betts say that...

'In the Netherlands planning is seen as part of the solution. In the UK, too often, planning is seen as part of the problem'.

Sam said in reply that that would look good on a t-shirt and it does. Further details can be found here: http://samuelstafford.blogspot.com/2021/07/50-shades-of-planning-t-shirts.html


Samuel Stafford hosts 50 Shades of Planning, a podcast that digs into the often perplexing world of the English planning system. Rather than offering dry policy lectures, these conversations embrace the sector's inherent complexities and occasional absurdities. The aim is to provide a wide-ranging view, bringing in diverse voices from across the fields of planning, property, design, and development. You'll hear from practitioners, thinkers, and critics, each sharing their unique experiences and perspectives on how places are shaped. A recurring series within the podcast, titled 'Hitting The High Notes', features in-depth discussions with leading figures, examining pivotal career moments and influential projects. These talks are structured around six key planning milestones, offering a concrete framework for understanding professional journeys and systemic challenges. By weaving together themes from government, business, arts, and social sciences, this podcast reveals how planning sits at a crowded intersection of politics, economics, and community life. Tune in for thoughtful, sometimes surprising, explorations of the forces that decide what gets built, where, and why.
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