Acknowledging the endless cycle of agitation about what can be done about world problems might help us find a way forward…
No more heroes
What is required of us emotionally, morally, ethically, if we are going to be part of building something new?
A new phase of the dance
I don’t feel the same loneliness I felt before I met Mark – because this is a different stage in the dance…
Is that all there is?
During a trip to Sidmouth, I got to think about cafes, poscapitalism, and the fact that what’s needed is more than cool coffee bars and distressed wood
Community and creativity in Chicago
Gentrification seems to hollow out of their original meaning and purpose of places, so that people get the outline, but not the relationships, shared life and experiences that shaped it…
Come together right now
How can we relearn the art of working together and what kind of values and behaviour could we nurture in the collective spaces we create?
Caught between despair and hope
Sitting in Peckham, between spells of rain, it was good to hear Alice, urging me to see my life as part of something bigger and, like her, to try to make a difference
Bleak House
The realisation that we have another five years of a Conservative government, as well as the heavy rain, has intensified my sense of despair
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
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…