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, because they feel abandoned by the institutions that rule us. […]
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 either to the free market or constraints on the free […]
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, within what is sometimes known as the Kender Triangle. The plans […]
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 in the mental cure-all of positive thinking. Thinking positively will […]
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. As the post-mortems rolled in there was plenty of blame […]
A stop on Mexico’s Train of Death
Every year hundreds of thousands of Central American migrants ride freight trains up through Mexico in the hope of reaching the United States. They are riding ‘The Beast’ or ‘The […]
The Grateful Native: British Empire propaganda in the internet age
I have not acquired any fortune but I have my paternal estate and the pension of a Subedar. This is enough for me. The people in my village seem to […]
Living in crisis: should we have the right to a home?
On a fine spring weekend I went for a long drive along the roads and lanes of southern England. The places I saw provided some insight into the way property […]
The Trespass Videos – a trilogy
A walk in Yarl’s Wood
On a fine winter’s day, the first after weeks of storms and rain, I went for a walk in the country. I found myself in a typical English rural landscape, […]