http://www.euro-renaissance.co.uk/ en Copyright 2007 Thu, 17 May 2007 22:05:27 +0000 http://www.sixapart.com/movabletype/ http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss In September 2006 European Renaissance's chief executive and chairman David Scougall welcomed Bradford (UK)-based journalist, writer and poet Jim Greenhalf to Prague, to do readings at the Beroun Gynmazium and the Globe Bookshop. Pleased with the response, David Scougall asked Jim to return (May 2007) for a more intensive tour, this time performing with Czech writers and folk artists.]]> http://www.euro-renaissance.co.uk/2007/05/the_jim_greenhalf_czech_poetry.php http://www.euro-renaissance.co.uk/2007/05/the_jim_greenhalf_czech_poetry.php Education Events News People Places:Prague Thu, 17 May 2007 22:05:27 +0000 England's Northern Universities are upset that all the English Biomedical Research Centres (BRCs) of excellence are in the southern 'Golden Triangle' of Oxford, Cambridge and London. The usual issues about unfair southern advantage and selective perspectives on the assessed excellence of particular institutions have been expounded. ]]> http://www.euro-renaissance.co.uk/2007/02/investment_in_centres_of_scien.php http://www.euro-renaissance.co.uk/2007/02/investment_in_centres_of_scien.php Discussion & Debate Education Fri, 16 Feb 2007 15:53:24 +0000 Self-sufficiency in energy is an ambition shared by many. Communities in Knezice, an hour east of Prague in the Czech Republic and Ashton Hayes, near Chester in the U.K. provide different real-life examples of how this might be achieved. ]]> http://www.euro-renaissance.co.uk/2007/02/carbonneutral_villages_czech_a.php http://www.euro-renaissance.co.uk/2007/02/carbonneutral_villages_czech_a.php Discussion & Debate Environment & Sustainability Ideas & Case Studies Places:Europe-wide Sun, 04 Feb 2007 23:37:53 +0000 One of Liverpool's most significant historic areas is barely known even by the city's own residents. It lies in the heart of Toxteth - Dingle, comprising four adjacent sites: the early seventeenth century Ancient Chapel of Toxteth (the original place of worship of astronomer Jeremiah Horrox or Horrocks), the Turner Nursing Home built by Alfred Waterhouse in 1882-5, Dingle Overhead Railway Station, constructed deep underground and opened in 1896, and the Gaumont Cinema, erected on the site of the old Dingle Picturedrome in 1937. ]]> http://www.euro-renaissance.co.uk/2007/01/liverpools_ancient_chapel_of_t.php http://www.euro-renaissance.co.uk/2007/01/liverpools_ancient_chapel_of_t.php Places:Europe-wide Places:Liverpool Sat, 13 Jan 2007 16:06:22 +0000 European Renaissance and International Regeneration have arranged a joint Study Visit to the Czech Republic for Tuesday 23 to Friday 26 January 2007. Included are a conference in Prague, discussions with CzechInvest and opportunities for site visits to Pilsen and Svetovar Science and Technology Parks.]]> http://www.euro-renaissance.co.uk/2007/01/study_visit_to_prague_and_the.php http://www.euro-renaissance.co.uk/2007/01/study_visit_to_prague_and_the.php Discussion & Debate Ideas & Case Studies Places:Prague Prague & Pilsen Study Visit, Cz, January 2007 Fri, 12 Jan 2007 21:58:00 +0000 For the past three years Professor John Belchem and his colleagues at the University of Liverpool have been working on a scholarly book to record Liverpool's eight hundred years as a city (1207 - 2007). The result is certainly academically impressive, but it is also a vibrant testimony to the human actions and achievements behind the dry facts. It was, likewise, the people there who made the official launch of this publication, in the setting of Liverpool's splendid Town Hall, such a warm and memorable occasion.]]> http://www.euro-renaissance.co.uk/2007/01/liverpool_800_culture_characte.php http://www.euro-renaissance.co.uk/2007/01/liverpool_800_culture_characte.php Places:Europe-wide Places:Liverpool Mon, 01 Jan 2007 01:00:00 +0000 Today is the Winter Solistice - the shortest day of the year, if by 'day' we mean daylight hours. Yet, in this so-far extraordinarily warm Winter, even at this point in the annual cycle of birth and rebirth there is much to see when we venture out into the great urban spaces such as Liverpool's Sefton Park.]]> http://www.euro-renaissance.co.uk/2006/12/sefton_park_liverpool_winter_s.php http://www.euro-renaissance.co.uk/2006/12/sefton_park_liverpool_winter_s.php Places:Europe-wide Places:Liverpool Fri, 22 Dec 2006 15:48:39 +0000 The regular calendar of Farmers' Markets in Hope Street has at last begun. From now on the third Sunday every month is scheduled as Market Day for Hope Street Quarter. Farmers' Markets are something different to look forward to: a great day out for adults and children alike, with fun opportunities to learn where our food comes from and who grows it.]]> http://www.euro-renaissance.co.uk/2006/12/liverpools_hope_street_market_gets_going.php http://www.euro-renaissance.co.uk/2006/12/liverpools_hope_street_market_gets_going.php Discussion & Debate Places:Europe-wide Places:Liverpool Tue, 05 Dec 2006 16:07:15 +0000 Prague is much more than a 'great city'; it is testament to a people who have within easy living memory overcome enormous odds. When this is combined with the depth of history and the spectacular cultural vistas of the city, Prague becomes irresistible. Yet, to thrive in the twenty-first century Prague must also take in its stride challenges of a very contemporary kind - the influx of a myriad visitors and of modern investment capital. It is here that lessons might be learnt from experience elsewhere.]]> http://www.euro-renaissance.co.uk/2006/11/prague_the_must_see_western_european_city.php http://www.euro-renaissance.co.uk/2006/11/prague_the_must_see_western_european_city.php Discussion & Debate Places:Europe-wide Places:Prague Tue, 14 Nov 2006 13:26:53 +0000 Meaningful regeneration requires an emotional honesty and personal candour often missing in development plans. Genuine regeneration is liberating; it embraces the human aspects of living as well as formal and real estate considerations. It gives scope for feelings as well as things physical. One approach towards the full meaning of regeneration is the expression of self through poetry.]]> http://www.euro-renaissance.co.uk/2006/11/regeneration_as_a_human_enterp.php http://www.euro-renaissance.co.uk/2006/11/regeneration_as_a_human_enterp.php Discussion & Debate Fri, 10 Nov 2006 14:26:38 +0000 The 'Weblinks and Connections' section of this website connects us with the wider world. It contains weblinks and other information about people, organisations and places of relevance to our activities. Please use it to follow up on on the world of European Renaissance ]]> http://www.euro-renaissance.co.uk/2006/11/european_renaissances_weblinks_and_connections.php http://www.euro-renaissance.co.uk/2006/11/european_renaissances_weblinks_and_connections.php Weblinks & Connections Thu, 09 Nov 2006 22:54:23 +0000 The 'Partners' section of this website will keep you informed of who we're working with, and who they are. We also invite you to contact us if you would be interested to discuss partnership with us directly.]]> http://www.euro-renaissance.co.uk/2006/11/european_renaisances_partners.php http://www.euro-renaissance.co.uk/2006/11/european_renaisances_partners.php Partners Thu, 09 Nov 2006 20:48:54 +0000 'Events' is the section of this website where you will find news of forthcoming meetings, visits etc, as well as reports on events which we have already completed. We also offer on this page a facility for you to arrange to receive personal notification of activities as they are announced.]]> http://www.euro-renaissance.co.uk/2006/11/keep_informed_about_european_renaissance_events.php http://www.euro-renaissance.co.uk/2006/11/keep_informed_about_european_renaissance_events.php Events Thu, 09 Nov 2006 16:53:45 +0000 Liverpool is excitedly preparing for its big years in 2007 (the city's 800th anniversary) and 2008 (the European Capital of Culture year). With such a long and dramatic history of diaspora, who knows what the city will be like by the end of the celebrations? The scope for enterprise - both in Liverpool and by other cities and regions - to build relationships across Europe and beyond is enormous. ]]> http://www.euro-renaissance.co.uk/2006/11/liverpool_ripe_for_growth_in_2.php http://www.euro-renaissance.co.uk/2006/11/liverpool_ripe_for_growth_in_2.php Development Opportunities Discussion & Debate Places:Europe-wide Places:Liverpool Wed, 08 Nov 2006 19:45:49 +0000 Are 'regeneration', 'renewal' and 'renaissance' different? Perhaps they are. Regeneration is predominantly physical; 'renewal' and 'renaissance' are increasingly about the real meaning, the 'soul' of the whole regenerational process. The journey from one idea to the other moves us from the literal to the artistic and cultural. But how best can we get there? ]]> http://www.euro-renaissance.co.uk/2006/11/hilary_burrage_writes_how_can.php http://www.euro-renaissance.co.uk/2006/11/hilary_burrage_writes_how_can.php Discussion & Debate Ideas & Case Studies Sat, 04 Nov 2006 22:51:19 +0000