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I thought a primary rule of politics was to stop digging when you are in a hole: not Cardiff’s leadership apparently. There’s been good advice given since Ocober 2008 that Cardiff’s Local Development Plan wasn’t any good. Amongst others, Cardiff Civic Society (disclaimer, I am it’s chair and have worked with the team who produced [...]

Pendenis goes public

Posted: October 23, 2007 by peterdcox in Uncategorized

I always wondered why my middle name only had one ‘n’: now I know, it was to help us sell our house and save thousands of pounds. When we were restoring our very nice mid-terrace Victorian house in Pontcanna a couple of years ago, the cleaning of the Bath stone revealed a name “Pendenis House”. [...]

Wales needs a national newspaper

Posted: August 15, 2007 by peterdcox in Uncategorized

Commenting on this blog I made my position clear The problem is not just about having a conversation about Wales’ status it’s also about where! Just look at that front page and compare it an average day in the life of the Western Mail. First the name – The Scotsman (forget gender issues for a [...]

Cancel the Olympics

Posted: April 19, 2007 by peterdcox in Uncategorized

In response to the blog here, I was unequivocal Peter D Cox said at 7:24 AM, 19 April 2007 As chair of an arts organisation my questions are simple: 1 – can the nation afford an Olympics without it threatening its cultural life? 2 – do we allow uncapped capital development projects in the arts [...]

Becoming a portfolio person – article 1996

Posted: April 30, 1996 by peterdcox in Uncategorized

Becoming a Portfolio Person – Learning to learn This is an article that first appeared in the UK teleworker magazine April/May 1996. Peter Cox is managing director of TMPL Training, which provides training to organisations in the public and private sector and to charities. TMPL are developing telematic support of training. The Company’s consultants are [...]