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The article focuses on people's attitude towards temporary use at local authority level. Topics discussed include temporary accommodation in housing waiting list and community spaces, economic distress to people after problems in investment, case study of Bristol, England on local development and planning, impact of temporary use in cultural life of Bristol, and the Stimulating Enterprising Environments for Development and Sustainability (SEEDS) on strategy of temporary use in urban growth.

The author offers her views on the role of planning in facilitating meanwhile uses, with a particular focus on the work of Bristol City Council in England. Topics covered include the relevance of meanwhile use to a whole range of urban problems, such as bottom-up urban renewal, the need to elevate the status of meanwhile use from novelty to necessity, and barrier to the acceptance of meanwhile use as a planning method.

Describes the art works featured in the art exhibition "In Good Repair," by Dororthy Caldwell at the Textile Museum of Canada. Source of inspiration; Reflection of the connection between the art work and domestic traditions; Use of cloth and stitching to highlight or add textures; Dyeing techniques used ; Use of patterns as a background texture; Highlight art pieces scattered throughout the four-room exhibition.

This article features several works of fiber artist Susan Leopold. As a commercial artist, Leopold believes that her work is not only art but thought-provoking and challenging as well. She received her Fine Arts degree from the University of Michigan and conducted further studies at the University of California where she received an M.A. in 1982. Several photographs of some of her works are presented. Her mixed-media collages are in high demand. There are several reasons that make her works appealing and one of them is their sense of nostalgia.

The article reviews an exhibit of the artwork of Susan Warner Keene at the Prime Gallery in Toronto, Canada in September 1996.