Centring the Experience of the English Community

BY CHARLIE DOWNES We hear a great deal about the various “communities” that make up the grand, disjointed patchwork of modern Britain. All of our country’s major institutions — the government, the civil service, the corporations, the NGOs, the media, academia, and so on — centre those communities who possess, as far as they are concerned, the requisite intersectional credentials. From the trans community to … Continue reading Centring the Experience of the English Community

Witches & Warlocks

BY QUENTIN PIGG In 2005, a device called the Mosquito was created to combat the supposed scourge of loitering youths, piercing their ears with a sound at a frequency only teenagers could detect. I’ve always thought it showed great promise, only that it was directed at the wrong group of people. I’m not convinced loitering youths were ever much of a problem, at least not … Continue reading Witches & Warlocks