What did I enjoy? Seeing the publication of the Public Design Evidence Review, which explores the role and value of design in the public sector. It includes a section on public design for transformational change for which I was interviewed in 2023. I reckon the things I said back then, alongside other participants who I … Continue reading Weeknote: 14 to 18 July 2025→| Matt Edgar writes here
A visit to one of London’s livery companies with my son What did I enjoy? Getting back to work at the London and Leeds offices in the gorgeous sunshine. I worked at Waterloo on Monday, Canary…| Matt Edgar writes here
I took a whole fortnight off. First proper holiday since the house move. Week 1 floating in the Ionian sea, lying on stoney beaches, scrambling up and down rocky paths, and some inept hire boatmans…| Matt Edgar writes here
Bluebells in the garden What did I enjoy? The highlight for me was an event hosted by Leeds City Council and the Cabinet Office’s ‘Test, Learn and Grow’ team to explore a collabor…| Matt Edgar writes here
Happy New Year! The end of one financial year, and the start of another. In the grand sweep of things, this arbitrary boundary shouldn’t matter very much. Yet it still dictates the yearly rhythm of the public service worker, much as it did for the 1700s tenant famer whose rent fell due on Lady Day. … Continue reading Weeknote: 31 March to 4 April 2025→| Matt Edgar writes here
What did I enjoy? After the frustrations of the last month or so, the last full week of financial year 2025/26 brought many gifts: I also enjoyed a morning in an amazing surgery in Surrey watching and chatting with a GP partner who is really making “total triage” work for his patients and his team. … Continue reading Weeknote: 24 to 28 March 2025→| Matt Edgar writes here
A man visiting a health resort is sitting in a steam box. Engraving, May 1869. Wellcome Collection In my most recent weeknote, I promised a blog post… Somewhere in all this between the t…| Matt Edgar writes here
A 3-day working week following a long weekend exploring 19th and 20th Century art and architecture in Surrey and Sussex. Highlights for me included Watts Gallery and Charleston. What was hard? The churn of organisation change is already starting to make it harder to make progress on some of our work, especially where we need … Continue reading Weeknote: 19 to 21 March 2025→| Matt Edgar writes here
Camellia in full bloom Monday A series of catch ups with colleagues in the morning, including running through my team’s contribution to the strategic planning event coming up later in the wee…| Matt Edgar writes here
Trip to Essex for a family celebration I received some anonymous feedback A colleague is apparently quite cross with me for a number of reasons, but one of them I need to address here. My anonymous…| Matt Edgar writes here
