Housing and Architecture Archives - Red Pepper

Building the post-Soviet world

Gerry Hart — Tue, 27 May 2025 07:00:00 +0000

From the corrupt to the inspired, Owen Hatherley charts the architecture that followed the fall of the Soviet Union

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New life on the Marsh

Siobhan McGuirk — Tue, 03 Dec 2024 09:46:53 +0000

In Grimsby’s East Marsh ward, a community effort is battling with scant resources to revitalise an area crushed by economic forces outside its control, writes Paula Graves

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Grenfell: The cost of austerity

Siobhan McGuirk — Mon, 02 Dec 2024 20:45:00 +0000

The damning Grenfell inquiry report reveals entrenched private sector corruption and public sector failings – and our need to overhaul governance systems, writes Richard Norton-Taylor

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The Broken Promise of Infrastructure – review

Gerry Hart — Sat, 26 Oct 2024 07:00:00 +0000

Dominic Davies's book is a much needed analysis of the role infrastructure relates to and informs our politics, writes Anubha Sarkar

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Against Landlords – review

Gerry Hart — Mon, 23 Sep 2024 07:00:00 +0000

Nick Bano's book is a much needed intervention in the struggle against Britain's powerful landlord class, writes Eilidh Keay

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How not to decarbonise housing: the ECO scam

Kimon Daltas — Thu, 12 Sep 2024 17:31:55 +0000

With debate over the winter fuel allowance raging and the energy price cap set to rise, Samuel Young assesses the flawed government scheme for energy efficient homes

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Space, cash and grassroots futures

Siobhan McGuirk — Sun, 25 Aug 2024 16:01:56 +0000

The government alone won't support culture, argues Matt Turtle. In discontented Britain, community connection, creative ingenuity and staying power are key

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How the crackdown on squatting cramped British creativity

Siobhan McGuirk — Sun, 25 Aug 2024 16:00:03 +0000

Ella Benson Easton explores how housing shapes the arts – and the impact of laws and funding cuts subtly killing alternative cultures

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Targeting infrastructure is an assault on Palestinian futures

Gerry Hart — Tue, 30 Jan 2024 08:00:00 +0000

Israel's attacks on Gaza's infrastructure are a deliberate effort to make the conditions for life impossible for Palestinians, writes Dominic Davies

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I Could Be So Good For You – review

Gerry Hart — Sat, 29 Jul 2023 07:00:38 +0000

John Medhurst's history of north London offers a rich tapestry of working class community and resilience, writes Eli Davies

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