The day after I wrote the previous post, on 15 November 2014, my husband Mark Arram died. It was as sudden and unexpected as that
Steeped in coffee’s heritage
In a cafe which has a history of serving tea and coffee since 1837, it was interesting that a game developed that was all about recognising literary icons of the past 100 years
Fighting back against ‘poverty porn’
The protest by Middlesborough football club supporters called ‘Red Faction’ is part of “the ongoing struggle against the ‘politics of disposability'”
Heartfelt politics
At Konservokouti they have created a place that acts as a container for all the warmth and heart that seems so characteristic of many Greeks…
We want to go home…
When I told Konstantina that I would be returning to Athens and wanted to visit again, she replied “We don’t want to be here then”.
When things go wrong
When things don’t work out, when they become difficult, dire and complicated, do we simply conclude that hope, and things like those seen and felt in Egypt, or in Azusa Street, were only illusions?
Exploring cafe culture
A friend’s visit and her need to shop her way around London (it’s her job) inspired me to check out some central London cafes this week…
Navigating outrage – part II
Helen Lewis’ point about the need to do take on the trolls’ narratives brought to mind the woman’s tactics in Timberyard and the way she challenged the story line they were constructing
Navigating outrage
Do techniques for dealing with a team’s grievances in “real life” have any relevance in online space?
The unbearable lightness of chav baiting
It was remarkable how comfortable the well-spoken, well-dressed and apparently privileged young women appeared to be using the term ‘chav’.