People, books, stories, ideas and reading are weaving themselves together in my life
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Struggle and story
Nigerian writer and poet Chinua Achebe’s reflections on “meaningful optimism” – inspiration when hope seems in short supply
Could postcapitalism be the great leveller?
I’m inspired by the idea that postcapitalism could act as a leveller between men and women, and present us with a location from which a more just society could be created
A tale of two cities, or more…
Back in London I feel cut off from Athens, missing the conversations, the intensity, the roll ups, the sense that politics matter
Knowledge and power
The question of whether we can make a difference in the world seemed particularly important as I walked through Plaka on Monday
A new era begins
As we sat eating souvlaki and tzatziki in a Monastiraki restaurant, Maria read on her Twitter timeline that bank closures and credit controls would start Monday
The stones are silent…
While all the tourists come and go, Greeks in cafes like this around the country are having conversations that will decide the outcome of the 5 July referendum
Intellectual pursuit
Do places like Café Gijón in the 1930s, where intellectuals, writers and artists got together to talk, argue and debate exist any more? Did they ever – at least as I imagine them?
Will the revolution will be feminised?
Talking to Nieves and Maria in Cafe Molar, it struck me that something revolutionary could be happening, that Spain’s women could be both visible, and fully involved, in shaping the country’s history
A beggar at the table
It can make us uneasy when people come begging, but I also wonder if these days friends feel anything similar when I go to them because of my needs?