I am now just as likely to have people talk to me about ‘Milton Keynes robots', as I am to be told that ours is the city of Concrete Cows and roundabouts.

Milton Keynes is famous for our grid roads, roundabouts and Liz Leyh's 1978 sculptures. For many years those things hung around the neck of the city and its reputation, pigeonholing a place once regarded as ahead of its time and as a novel experiment that was now outdated. Somewhere an Eastenders character or distant uncle might move to.