Gather round for an everyday story of contemporary capitalism. Like the greatest Grimms’ stories, this one covers all the bases of the world it is examining. In this case, our story covers global equity companies, takeovers, possible IPOs , difficulties of getting...
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The new division on the Left
After the general election, I found myself sharing platforms with people who wanted to talk about cross-party co-operation, notably a fascinating debate with Caroline Lucas in Hay-on-Way. More on this another day, I hope. Most of these have been debates about...
What We Can Learn from Bus Stops
One of the best architectural commissions in the world is now on view in a small mountainous region of Austria called the Bregenzerwald. The project involves seven bus stops on the bus routes round the small village of Krumbach (1,000 souls) including stops built by...
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This pamphlet looks at how the UK is unprepared for a new era of crises and disasters. To illuminate the national predicament we look at lessons from recent history, and what we can learn, often from countries in the Global South, about the kind of local planning required and resources needed to be ready for when storms and other disasters strike near where we live.
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