Apartment living is on the rise, as more young Australians are choosing lifestyle and location over housing affordability. The growth of shared spaces, such as community gardens, in apartment complexes is helping residents develop social relationships in traditionally isolated urban environments.

The UK’s NCT has long provided new parents with expert info and a route to a new set of pals. But the pricey classes and ideological zealotry mean that many mums are after an alternative. Enter Peanut, which applies a Tinder-like model to friendship, easing anxieties at this stressful life stage.

People talk about the death of neighbourhoods, but 62% of Britons say they ‘belong’ to their local area in 2017, up from 58% in 2014. That’s not to say that some things haven’t changed though, with Facebook group ‘Buckingham: What matters to you’ showing how community spirit has moved online.

Silvertown is a £3.5 billion regeneration project that will renovate the area within London’s historic Royal Docks, creating spaces for housing, enterprise, retail and leisure. Can it really be the ‘next Shoreditch’, or will it go down as yet another elitist, divisive and artificial initiative?