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About Sophie Jeffreys

Sophie Jeffreys is editor of OpenDemocracy’s Ecology and Place Theme and is a a Conservative District Councillor in North Wiltshire.

Articles by Sophie Jeffreys

Tuesday 17th September

The duty to disobey

Sophie Jeffreys, 17 September 2002
The Countryside March across London on 22 September will be a massive demonstration of resistance to unjust power. One marcher explains how a story that starts with love ends in civic outrage.
Wednesday 3rd October

The planning process: a local councillor's view

Sophie Jeffreys, 3 October 2001
From the outside, planning decisions can seem bureaucratic and even corrupt. From the viewpoint of a local councillor in England’s rural North Wiltshire, the role of planning officers is a reminder of their human, and honourably professional, dimension.
Tuesday 7th August

The future is classical

Sophie Jeffreys and Roger Scruton, 7 August 2001
Modernist architecture is more than a failure; it is a mistake. It has degraded our cities and ruptured the dialogue across generations essential to civic life. The future lies in a return to the principles of classicism: “fittingness” of building and settlement, part and whole, people and dwellings.
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