Dear friends and loiterers It’s First Sunday, this Sunday and so we will be loitering, although in a slightly different time and space…. June’s First Sunday is happening as part of We Invented The Weekend Festival at Salford Quays. Join The LRM at 1...

The long-distance running and ritual dance among the Ralámuli of Mexico’s Sierra Tarahumara is a practice that holds the power to heal and sustain the world. Author Sylvie Marchand has lived among them for years and reflects on this ritual through a dialogue of perspectives: that of Erasmo Palma, Ralámuli poet and cultural guide, and

Living Streets Aotearoa believes that it is important that New Zealand has national policy that supports walking and pedestrians. As part of this effort, we have sent the following questions to political parties in advance of the 2026 election. We will...

Rivers of Democracy is a transnational initiative that seeks to reimagine rivers not only as ecological systems but as subjects of rights, intertwined with human communities, democratic participation, and cultural expression. Flowing across borders, the project transforms Europe’s rivers into… Source: Rivers of Democracy – European Alternatives

It’s great for your physical and mental health – and even the most casual stroll can give you a boost Source: The seven health benefits of walking every day

Theory of Water is an important, often beautiful book that outlines a Nishnaabeg theory of relationality, using water, or Nibi, in all of its forms (liquid, solid as ice or snow, gas) as its primary example. It thinks about the fundamental importance of connections between humans, and between humans and other creatures, all of whom have … Continue reading 21. Leanne Betasamosake Simpson, Theory of Water: Nishnaabe Maps to the Times Ahead →

The third and final Transport Research Webinar will take place Wednesday 8 July at 12 pm. These webinars are co-hosted by Living Streets Aotearoa, Transport Research Network (TRN), and Cycle Action Network (CAN). For this webinar, Living Streets Aotear...

Our current poet-in-residence, Elizabeth Fevyer takes her kids to Toronto and wonders where everyone is.  We arrive in Toronto one evening at the start of February half-term, as swathes of North America are recovering from some of the heaviest snowstorms in decades. We’ve barely left the airport taxi rank before one of my sons points

I met Barbara Lounder at the Walking’s New Movements conference in Plymouth, UK, in the fall of 2019. She and her husband, Robert Bean, were very kind; they even invited me for dinner with Hamish Fulton, the renowned walking artist. Barbara and I have kept in touch since then, and when she let me know … Continue reading 19. Barbara Lounder, Becoming Corona Walker →

The street art festival which first took place back in 2017 is back with large and small works. Source: Street art: Everything you need to know about Aberdeen Nuart 2026

J’admire les danseurs et danseuses, pour leur art de mettre le corps en espace, de fabriquer de nouveaux lieux où déambuler à corps ouvert.J’admire les photographes qui, d’un regard, d’un cliché, nous font découvrir et imaginer mille choses, y compris et peut-être surtout celles hors cadre.J’admire les auteurs et autrices, les poètes qui, par l’agencement […]

This is Part I of a two part series about footpath parking, based on the presentation and conference paper by LSA Treasurer Dr Chris Teo-Sherrell and Jeanette Ward, a Technical Director at Abley, for the 2026 Transportation Conference. Chris and Jeanet...

Le printemps est là, l’oreille se redéploie, dedans/dehors, aux alentours et ailleurs, plus loin.

I was on a Zoom call a couple of weeks ago, learning more about a walking workshop I’ll be part of in early May. I recognized the name of one of the other participants: Ann de Forest. Don’t I have a book by her? I asked myself. When the call ended, I went looking. Yes, … Continue reading 18. Ann de Forest, editor, Ways of Walking →

A monument to London's long dance with the Thames

To craft her noisy compositions, the designer is drawn to everything that is at odds with playing by the rules. Source: Nao Lee’s posters are digital terrains that hide small and unruly treasures for you to find

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I popped in the Centenary Lounge at Stroud Station Before catching the train to Gloucester for Lydney: I was on the scent of the industrial Dean In 1926 and the Great Western Railway, And, therefore, studied the GWR map From 1923 up there on the wall, ...

Benches are microcosms of an expansive debate about who belongs in urban public spaces. When they are removed or made uninviting, we lose more than just a place to rest. Source: The Disappearance of the Public Bench

La marche écoutante, le PAS – Parcours Audio sensible, ne sont pas forcément une fin en soi.Pas plus que ne le sont les points d’ouïe et autres immersions acoustiques posées, immobiles.Ils sont plutôt un premier pas vers l’écoute in situ, l’oreille hors-les-murs, ou dans les murs.Ils sont des gestes qui nous connectent, nous reconnectent, nous […]