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50 reasons to love Milton Keynes (what, only 50?)

To celebrate the 50th birthday of Milton Keynes becoming an official new town, here’s why you should love the Buckinghamshire capital of shrubs, careful planning and snide remarks

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Milton Keynes' Midsummer Place 'drowned' oak tree dies - BBC News

A protected oak tree that had a multimillion-pound shopping centre built around it has died, experts confirm.

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Story of cities #34: the struggle for the soul of Milton Keynes

The Long Read: Despite decades of mockery, the city’s modernist buildings and wide boulevards are now hailed as visionary. But as developers move in, could there be trouble in this urban paradise?

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Mark Channer - Fakie Heel Flip - Milton Keynes

“I shot this back in the early 1990s with a Canon T90, a 17mm Tokina lens (purchased from Matthew ‘Wig' Worland), a Metz 45 CL4 flashgun and a sketchy off camera slave. The resulting image wasn’t ever run in a skate mag as I think Wig shot a far superior version. Wig taught me pretty much everything I know about skate photography and I owe him a lot. The spot is a Milton Keynes staple, dubbed ‘The Biege’ by locals due to it's sandstone colouring. Having grown up skating this spot, it was always a pleasure to see rippers such as Mark Channer destroying the steps that I had only ever ollied. Channer and his mate Matt Fowler would regularly make the train journey up from London to skate with us in Milton Keynes. I remember being blown away at the variety of tricks they could do and how they approached spots differently, even skating things we hadn’t considered to be a ‘spot’.” Leo Sharp