Up the Quaggy: a coronavirus cycle ride
It was the first truly warm day of spring and the fourteenth day since the beginning of the coronavirus lockdown. […]
The fight for control must take place where it really matters: in the arenas of everyday life
Renting a home in London can be a living nightmare. Renters feel little control over their own homes, are forbidden […]
Own everything together
We live in times of high political turbulence. Surveying flailing governments from Spain to the United States, it seems a good […]
People I met in Cuba
Ana Maria owns the casa in which I’m staying. She is talkative, enthusiastic, and helpful. When we entered the room […]
Why did anti-globalisation fail and anti-globalism succeed?
Across the world the political centre ground is disappearing, and the new enemy of the people is globalism. Watching the […]
Brexit to nowhere? Finding hope in convivial institutions
It appears that many people in the UK, some of them left-inclined, joined a right-driven rush to exit the EU, […]
The Housing Hustle – why building more houses won’t solve London’s housing crisis
House prices in London, most people agree, are too high. Orthodoxy on left and right says that this is due […]
Lewisham Council plans to make a profit from renters: Besson Street and beyond
Lewisham Council has finally unveiled its plan to re-develop a large empty plot of land at Besson Street, New Cross Gate, […]
Is the positive thinking industry built on wishful thinking?
Few people these days would believe in a medicine that could cure all diseases, yet many people, it seems, believe […]
Should the Marikana massacre have killed the positive thinking industry?
In August 2012 South African police shot dead 34 mine workers at Marikana in a massacre that horrified the world. […]