1. The Blurb One thing about today's world never fails to amaze me, and that is the sheer terror that any wealthy person has, perhaps buried very deeply but extant nevertheless, that in some way or by some means beyond their control their accumulated personal fortunes could be stripped away...
The quiet, sleepy hamlet of Lower Bottom was hit by a devastating freak downpour on Thursday 21st November. Up to 1mm of rain fell on the tiny hamlet in just two hours. Traffic was halted, schools closed, and train schedules thrown in to chaos. A local resident, mother of...
Hi I was hoping someone may be able to help me. I am looking for a women aged between 50-60, her name is Jane Richardson married to Keith Richardson, she is my biological mother. I have not seen or heard from her since the age of 18 that was...
In the architecture museum on the island of Skeppsholmen, in the heart of Stockholm, eleven of us have been brought together to spend two days thinking aloud around the theme of Commoning the City. The human rights researcher Saki Bailey provides a forensic analysis of the foundations of property...
Imagine a life free of debt, liberated from societal constraints and large mortgages. A growing number of homeowners are seeking out cheaper and more sustainable ways to fund the four walls in which they live Creative homeowners are ditching the burden of large mortgages in exchange for building their...
Chase your dreams not money It's about finding out what it is you want your life to represent .. It's about giving yourself to a cause .. When he says "absolutely stupid to do things you don't like doing" he is applying that phrase to an idea, he is...
The public services, the welfare state, our jobs, indeed our very way of life is now under constant attack because the capitalists have launched a class war against us. There can be little doubt that the ruling class are determined to make us pay for the crisis in their...
After having been told my danglies looked like an elderly Rastafarian I decided to take the plunge and buy some of this as previous shaving attempts had only been mildly successful and I nearly put my back out trying to reach the more difficult bits. Being a bit of...
The workers at the Vio.Me. Factory in Thessaloniki, Greece have quickly grown into a symbol of self-management internationally. After going on strike and occupying their factory, on February 12, 2013 they re-opened the factory and started production under worker’s control. For many, the factory represents a new potential way...
Up against a brick wall trying to get local people interested in energy? Award-winning community engagement project Transition Streets has created a tried-and-tested way to break down the barriers and bring people together to take action on energy. And now it has been developed into the new Streets-wise programme...
