The 2022 battle of the London Mayors
Lyndon B Johnson once said: “When the burdens of the presidency seem unusually heavy, I
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The Battle of the Buildings in London
The London Plan is making its final weary way through the desks of the Mayor
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The beautiful and damned
The local and national government fight to build more homes “The cool stone steps were
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Islands in the stream
“Beware of Gods, Communists and beautiful women,” said the Chancellor He was adored. Winchester College
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Hunt the Cummings: In Love and War, bid a Farewell to Arms
It was 10 p.m. The tumbler of whisky glimmered in the stark light of the
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To Have and Have Not
Crabs, Covid and the Art of War The seas of South Australia were warmed by
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For whom the bell tolls
Covid, Spain and the rise of the public sector The theatres lie dark. The streets
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Kyklos – The rise and fall of local democracy in a time of pandemic
It was Plato, in his book The Republic, who first proffered the notion of “Kyklos”,
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Is it time to scrap the London Plan?
In today’s politics, it is rare to hear plain-speaking. However, smothered beneath the all-encompassing story
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Boris, fleas and the need for a new constitution
Fleas are damned annoying. They jump like hell, itch like hell and, at the extreme,
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