🚨ICYMI🚨 Housing expert and author of Big Capital: Who Is London For? @annaminton.bsky.social joins @hannahfearn.bsky.social to discuss the nightmare of trying to build houses in a system designed to inhibit it 👉 linktr.ee/ohgodwhatnow... #starmer #housing #regeneration

A joy to chat about the scourge of regeneration with @annaminton.bsky.social for an @ohgodwhatnow.bsky.social deep dive. From Baltimore to Liverpool docks, “market renewal pathfinders” (who remembers them?) to city sterilisation - we’ve got it all. Listen up! podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/o...

Really enjoyed this conversation with @hannahfearn.bsky.social

Really looking forward to talking to @thelrm.bsky.social about her great new book on women walking in the city

The fact that Starmer sat next to Blackstone's Steve Schwarzman at the King's banquet presumably to thank him for the £90 billion 'investment' aka asset stripping tells you all you need to know about this government

Occasionally I come across an article in the foreign press that’s strikes me as so important that I want to share it with you. The following was originally written by an Israeli professor of law named Orit Kamir. https://robertreich.substack.com/p/a-betrayal-of-the-victims-of-the

Tomorrow!

Wednesday 25th UEL book event with Joanna Kusiak & Joe Penny - please join us!

Please join us for this great event on Wednesday 25th June wt #JoannaKusiak and #JoePenny talking about their new books on the financialization of housing & grassroots alternatives in London & Berlin Wednesday 25 June 5pm-7pm, in person, University Square, Stratford US1.01 booking: lnkd.in/eEJdcmeq

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my @theguardian.com piece on how regeneration is sterilizing the city and driving children and families out: www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

whoever is doing this campaign in London well bloody done 👍

Clear eyed assessment as ever by @edwardluce.bsky.social www.ft.com/content/8632...

How Russian Information Warfare Primed the World for Trump and Musk A superb article from @peterjukes.bsky.social & @bylinetimes.bsky.social bylinetimes.com/2025/01/25/h...

Outstanding piece in @financialtimes.com on the legal meaning of genocide by @simonkuper.bsky.social www.ft.com/content/9466...

This is great @adelap.bsky.social

This is a great piece by @edwardluce.bsky.social

This is all true - Camila Batmanghelidjh did incredible work www.theguardian.com/culture/2024...

Delighted to say that I've been awarded a @Soc_of_Authors grant to work on my current book about the global housing crisis. It's not easy being a writer and it's awards like this that enable us to keep going #SoA @PenguinUKBooks @NicolaBarr123

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Calling all regulated tenants in the UK to take part in a research project on security of tenure and proposals for future rent controls. Please get in touch to find out more and spread the word among your neighbours, friends, family etc

Myspace died because a right wing billionaire (Rupert Murdoch) bought it and tried to make a bunch of unpopular changes to the platform.

It was indeed thrilling to host & chair this book launch. Many thanks to Joanna Kusiak for bringing the book to the world, to @janetinkler.bsky.social for financial support, to @davidjmadden.bsky.social & @annaminton.bsky.social for discussions