Colin Ward is the chronicler of popular and unofficial uses of the landscape. His many books cover New Towns, holiday camps, tenant control of housing, plotlands and many examples of ‘anarchy in action’. His latest book is Cotters and Squatters – housing’s hidden history (£9.99 from Five Leaves Books, PO Box 81, Nottingham NG5 4ER).
openAwakening in conjunction with the University of East London is organizing a three-part event series on ‘The Tahrir Square Meme’ to be held at UEL's Dockland Campus.
Our first event is Rap and the Arab Spring.
Read Anthony Barnett's lecture for the Raymond Williams Society and his foreword to the new edition of The Long Revolution:
The Long Revolution Raymond Williams
Jim Gabour Sunday Comics
James Warner Standing Perpendicular, as books do
Markha Valenta Inter Alia: religion, politics, culture
Paul Rogers on Global security
Li Datong on China from the inside
Mary Kaldor on Human security
Daniele Archibugi on Cosmopolitan democracy
