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Six decades ago a critic launched a withering attack on the tendency toward a bland "subtopia" in British towns, writes Andrew Walker.

Neoclassical gateways and signs make the distinction from straggling north Kent subtopia apparent.

A jobless, car-bound subtopia In terms of architecture and planning, the big problem with New Labour has been its almost paranoid need to centralise power and control events.

He summed up what he saw in one word - "subtopia".

Critics say that subtopia today manifests itself in a number of ways.