Politics Addendom A quick follow-up [https://adamenglebright.com/actually-its-spiders-man/], because I've read a few things and, specifically, listened to the latest episode [https://www.newstatesman.com/politics/2021/05/podcast-dominic-cummingss-revenge] of the New Statesman podcast, where Stephen Bush highlighted a part of the testimony [https://committees.parliament.uk/oralevidence/2249/pdf/] I
Ideas Canteens and Communal Dining These marvellous pictures [https://www.creativeboom.com/inspiration/relax-downstairs/] of the communal dining spaces in Singaporean public housing reminded me of one of my favourite pieces of writing, I Dream Of Canteens [https://tinyletter.com/waysofeating/letters/i-dream-of-canteens] by Rebecca May Johnson [https://rebeccamayjohnson.com]: > There is a space for
Local Local Election News We didn't have a full slate of council elections in Brighton–just the Sussex PCC elections (the results of which won't be announced until Monday) and a few by-elections for councillors who have stood down. One of those was for Hollingdean and Stanmer ward, which I have a particular connection
Politics Joy Cometh With The Morning I said then, and I say now, that while there is a lower class, I am in it, and while there is a criminal element I am of it, and while there is a soul in prison, I am not free.
Politics Daddy Dom Redux At the beginning of last year there was a minor kerfuffle about my favourite character in politics, Dominic Cummings. At the time, I wrote something about his project to hire a bunch of teenagers to do... something and break employment law (which ended up going about as well as you'd
Politics Are We The Goodies? 2019 saw a lot of people—friends, acquaintances, people I was trying to hand leaflets to in the street—asking me a question. That question was: why are the Labour Party running against Caroline Lucas in Brighton Pavilion? Two pieces of context before I continue: 1. I was the constituency
Politics The Bullet Does Not Announce Its Trajectory The most powerful feeling that extremely middle-class people have isn't revulsion, snobbery or insecurity. It's a curious sensation that can best be boiled down to "why wasn't I consulted?"
