Why should Britain build new towns when it already has great cities? | Simon Jenkins

Awarding prizes for the urbanisation of the countryside makes no sense while existing cities are given Cinderella status

I still wake at night sweating over the time at school when I came bottom in art. The teacher felt he should embrace town planning and told the class to design a city. We were each given a large sheet of paper with a wavy line across it for a river. We were issued with rulers, compasses and set squares.

I was nonplussed. Others were beavering away with grids and circles while...