Collected writings from the past fifteen or so years, including many published by Centre for London and OnLondon.
(Apologies for slightly glitchy formatting in some of the older posts, which went awry when I imported from Blogger. You’ll get the gist.)
Mansions on the bill?
As regular readers know, On London is always on guard against attempts to divert more funding from London, already a major net contributor to UK taxes, to the rest of the country. Other regions need investment for…
Glad it’s all over
A recent piece by the FT’s Gideon Rachman, on the re-awakening of the nuclear ams race, sent me back to the early 1980s, when the threat of nuclear war stalked the pop charts, even as unseen crises…
Hard Times in London Town
The new English indices of deprivation, published last week, provide an important snapshot of the complexities of poverty and other forms of deprivation faced by communities across the country. They are also unavoidably political, as they feed…
Gimme shelter
At the time of writing, no London borough has formally announced plans to challenge asylum seekers being housed in hotels. And while there have been recent protests at hotels in Canary Wharf and Islington, protestors objecting to…
Remote control
“Confusion in her eyes that says it all.She’s lost control.” Joy Division, Control, 1979 On the radio a couple of days ago Amol Rajan mentioned a blog by James Kanagasooriam, suggesting that ‘agency’ could be the Next…
Long ago, I wandered in my mind – Black Sabbath, the midlands and me
I was probably sixteen, working in the kitchen of the village pub, when I first heard Black Sabbath. “You like heavy metal,” said my boss, a hairy biker avant la lettre. “I so do not,” I replied,…
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