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A Journey Begins

This October, as the leaves gather in the gutters of Stockholm, a gang of artists, writers, performers and theatre makers will set off on a journey.

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Essays Writings

Labour Through the Looking Glass: 15 Early Morning Speculations on the Corbyn Surge

A piece of political science fiction, imagining what it would take for Jeremy Corbyn to make a success of his leadership.

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Essays Writings

The Friendly Society: On Cooperation, Utopia, Friendship & the Commons

In which I sketch out a set of ideas about the logic of the commons, prompted by conversations in a seminar at the Gothenburg School of Design & Crafts.

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Writings

The Only Way Is Down: 18 Thoughts on the UK Election

Few things I’ve written have been more widely read than this blogpost from the morning after the UK general election of 2015.

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Conversations Writings

The Limits to Measurement: A Conversation With Christopher Brewster

On the history of grand projects to categorise the world – and how we end up with the Internet of Toilets.

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Writings

Let’s Get This Party Started!

A short story written for 28 Days, a one-off newspaper published during the UK general election campaign of 2015.

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Writings

The Shield of Perseus

An essay about the role of literature under the shadow of climate change, commissioned by the Free Word Centre, London.

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Reviews Writings

When Promises of Progress Fail Us

A review of two books that grew out of conversations among the friends and collaborators of Ivan Illich: Grassroots Postmodernism by Gustavo Esteva and Madhu Suri Prakash, and The Future of Development: A Radical Manifesto by Gustavo Esteva, Salvatore Babones and Philipp Babcicky.

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Newsletters Writings

The Moment When the White Rabbit Goes Past

In the fifth issue of Crossed Lines, I introduced my new role as leader of artistic and audience development at Riksteatern, Sweden’s touring national theatre.

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Talks

Who Cares About Democracy?

Speaking at TEDx Uppsala in 2014 together with Lisa Färnström.