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Hallworth's article, "The Murdered City", appeared in the April 1966 issue of "Devon Life" magazine. "The heart of Exeter is dead", he wrote, and then proceeded to criticise severely the post-war rebuilding of the city. Hallworth praised the as-yet unfinished Exeter University (founded in 1955), as well as the area around the Cathedral, which "is worthy of the highest praise". But the article is largely a robust condemnation of post-war development, which he saw as unfriendly to residents and visitors: "If the citizens are prepared to remain on their sick bed of complacency then they should do nothing but watch their home town lapse further behind in the fight for progress and ultimate survival". Throughout the article, his writing is impassioned: "The weapon is at hand to cut out the miserable apathy and disease which is eating Exeter's heart. Big business is waiting to spend its money. Regional planners are waiting to use the centre to show Britain what tomorrow can offer. Let's have a gay, bright, throbbing city. It's waiting to be built."
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