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Published in: Shine A LightHow housing activists are challenging town hall decisionsUsing direct action, housing activists challenge unfeeling and harsh local authority decisionmaking
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Published in: HomeIs Lexit a centrist fantasy?Lexit exists more in the mind of its opponents than in any on-the-ground reality. Why do commentators in the FT and...
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Published in: 50.50‘I won’t be displaced again’: the fight to save London's latin marketCommunity members and traders mobilise to save a Seven Sisters market from regeneration plans that could transform...
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Published in: 50.50The right to blasphemy: is this the boundary between civilisation and barbarism?Former Charlie Hebdo journalist Zineb El Rhazoui collects fatwas like badges of honour. Her recent book outlines...
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Published in: 50.50How Charlie Gard became a cause célèbre for the US Christian right“Charlie’s Army never sleeps”: the case of British child Charlie Gard and the growing power and global reach of...
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Published in: 50.50The politics of nudity as feminist protest – from Ukraine to TunisiaFrontline activists, including women who use their topless bodies as political statements, are gathering in London...
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Published in: 50.50Too many Afghan women in London face racism, sexism – and unwanted pregnanciesRecent research on Afghan immigrant women in London has revealed a multi-layered crisis. What can be done to address...
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Published in: TransformationFire in neo-liberal LondonThe burnt-out shell of Grenfell Tower is a visible reminder that public responsibilities should never be watered down.
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Published in: openDemocracyUKWe’re having an election. George Osborne must put his Evening Standard job on hold until it’s overCan the former UK Chancellor, who masterminded the Tory victory in 2015, really deliver ‘straight facts and opinion’...
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Published in: TransformationFive ways to build solidarity across our differencesHow do we build bridges between people who could be allies but view each other with anger and suspicion?
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Published in: HomeHow to improvise with refugeesBorderline, a new play by Sophie Besse about - and with a cast of - refugees represents an ideal of being together
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Published in: HomeTo hell in a handcart
The comforts of pessimism are to be found in an illusion of control
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Published in: ourBeebThe BBC may soon be unable to competeThe requirement for output to be “distinctive”, coupled with the growth of media consortia, could force the BBC out...
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Published in: ourBeebThe proposal for government appointees threatens BBC independenceThe Director General of the BBC warns that the proposal by Sir David Clementi to have the government appoint the BBC...
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Published in: ourBeebBritish media: not quite black and whiteNew research reveals Britain’s TV viewing is split along racial lines, and risks amplifying this division by...
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Published in: ourBeebDoes British TV have a problem with independent documentary?The Unorthodocs season at Somerset House features acclaimed documentaries never seen on British TV. Are UK...
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Published in: ourBeebCurrent and future threats to public service broadcastingWhile today we still stand on secure ground, are we about to witness a fairly catastrophic scenario for the future...
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Published in: HomeBike courier in London: the messenger is the mediumA review of Julian Sayarer's new book, "Messengers". A cog in the wheel of the global information economy, this...
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Published in: ourBeebWhy the BBC needs Hoggart’s vision nowWe need a vision of public service broadcasting that extends intellectual and imaginative freedom, and is as...
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Published in: ourBeebWould a privatised Channel 4 still be a serial risk-taker?Would a privatised Channel 4 continue to support innovative programming, the independent production sector and the...
