Culture
The Lionesses. Women’s sport makes Britain brilliant
The Euros winners show what it means to love your country.
What’s in a name? For us, everything.
When the world’s gone utterly snooker-loopy, Absurdity is the only answer.
Cognitive Whiplash
Or, why talk is cheap, and the head will fuck us all unless the heart and hands respond.
Island of strangers?
The outrage over echoes of Enoch are valid, but the deeper question remains: where *are* our communities?
Narratives need enacting, otherwise they’re just words
A theory for story in service to organising: get on the bike!
Links for Subscribers: April
The collection of our Signal chat links from April (into May) for paid subscribers.
On reflecting the goodness of humanity: an invitation
Are you ready to collaborate on how we decide our fate?
How we launched Speak Up mattered – here’s why
Attention to detail is critical if we want to be heard above the noise of our dysfunctional media.
Policied to Extinction – why the think tanks came after the climate movement
Announcing the launch of Clare Farrell’s Substack, essential analysis for anyone who wants to live in a democracy.
Work for Free
The more of our work we give away for free, the more we create a different (and kinder) culture.
Belonging in fractured Britain: an argument for ritual
If we're going to pull together as a country, we need to get back to our rituals.
Links for Subscribers: March
Dear supporters. Thank you once again for the value you see in our work – and so far, no-one’s unsubscribed!
An angel, a badger and an evil-tempered dad walk into a citizens’ assembly…
Two new absurd interventions in the world this week: a climate comedy novel, and a series of dialogues on assemblies.