placedesignscotland.com has just launched - with a huge amount of pre-launch archive - and comprises news, comment and features on place-related issues in the country.

It is not geared to any particular aspect of placemaking, as the eclectic nature of its editorial blocks confirm: Latest, Town + City Design, Housing, Environment, Community, Building + Landscape Design, etc.

Its webinar series kicks off at midday on June 21, with Matt Baker, the well-known co-founder of The Stove Network, in Dumfries, a trailblazer in community arts, culture and activism.

All webinars will be Q&A, based on editorial uploaded in advance.

They will be recorded, to create a webinar archive for members.

To attend 12 months’ worth of webinars, requires membership of the site, which costs as little as £12 a year.

To specifically attend Matt Baker’s webinar requires becoming a member by June 16, so that the joining, Zoom link can be issued in good time.

The immediate webinar diary comprises:

• June 21 Matt Baker, orchestrator, The Stove Network, Dumfries
• June 28 Phil Prentice, recent chief officer, Scotland’s Towns Partnership
• July 5 Roddy Smith, chief executive officer, Essential Edinburgh
• July 12 Sarah Longlands, chief executive, CLES - national organisation for local local economies
• July 19 Claire Carpenter, founder and exec director (social innovation), The Melting Pot coworking hub
• July 26 Aythan Lewes, director, EALA Impacts
• August 2 Sam Foster, architect, Arc Architects
• August 9 David Cook, director, Glasgow Building Preservation Trust
• August 16 Mike Heffron, chief executive officer, Under One Roof
• August 23 Lorraine McGrath, chief executive, Simon Community Scotland homelessness charity