‘Carnival of Carnivals’

“Ryde is the ‘carnival of carnivals’, dating from Queen Victoria’s Diamond Jubilee in 1887, it is the oldest in the … More

Wastes and Strays …on the Road

I haven’t written for a while, but as the dust settles on our Wastes and Strays project there is much … More

Back before the Current Era when my workplace and homeplace were different places, I would stay over two, three, very … More

The project is in to its second of three years now, and it’s beginning to get very busy. To recap, … More

This hastily drawn beach-hut-on-wheels-thing first appeared on this blog in a post here. I (mostly) drew it on the train … More

At the beginning of this month I presented a paper at the City as a Commons conference at the University of … More

Last month I brought together representatives from each of the four urban commons central to the AHRC-funded project on which … More

As part of the Radical Futures Housing Forum at the University of Brighton my colleagues Tilo Amhoff and Luis Diaz … More

Next January I begin a new 3-year, AHRC-funded, project investigating aspects of common or common-like spaces within or adjacent to … More