Politics
Dreams of a freely accessible water park in East London are in danger of never being realised. An ambitious proposal for a disused Thames Water depot on Lea Bridge Road includes wild…
Is the Breakdown of Trust Damaging Our Democracy? The government has been pushing through a host of undemocratic pieces of legislation, with little pushback. We seem to be sleepwalking towards…
Artificial Intelligence and Work Fear of machines, or ‘technological unemployment’, as economist John Maynard Keynes called it, is nothing new. In the 19th century, radical textile workers, known as Luddites, smashed…
Artificial Intelligence in Lethal Conflict Drone strikes have been carried out since the turn of the 21st century, mostly by the US military, in places like Afghanistan, Iraq, Pakistan, Somalia, Syria…
One of the mainstays of the Brexit campaign was the desire for ‘sovereignty’ and ‘taking back control’. But there are freeports all over Europe already. What’s going on? When Michael…
On a day in November when the ‘National Front’ was trending on Twitter, Jan Fuscoe reports on her findings as a researcher with the ‘Brick Lane – A Turning Point’,…
The story of Dan Jones, artist, activist and campaigner, who was one of those who initiated the creation of the ‘Battle of Cable Street’ mural. The artwork commemorates the day…
The story of Balwinder Singh Rana, an Indian activist who has been fighting fascism, racism and structural attempts at division in Britain for decades. As a researcher on the Brick…
This the story of Barbara Beese. In the wake of the Black Lives Matter movement, and ahead of a new drama by Steve McQueen (‘Mangrove’), I spoke to one of…
Looking for things to do, and places to eat and drink in Ferrara? Do read my feature for culture magazine Bologna. I also visited For a little more of Ferrara’s…