heygate estate
How Councils Ruin Social Housing for Financial Gain
We spoke to director Paul Sng about his new documentary, 'Dispossession: The Great Social Housing Swindle'.
Every Flat in a New South London Development Has Been Sold to Foreign Investors
When the Heygate Estate was demolished there were promises of social housing and a "community feel", but it's all fallen through.
Meeting the Locals of the Elephant and Castle Pub That's Being Turned Into a Foxtons
Do they care as much as outraged anti-gentrification campaigners, or just not really give a shit?
I'm Middle Class and Even I'm Being Pushed Out of London
I'm here with a pathetic deposit, a two-year-old child and another kid on the way. It doesn't take long to realize that South London, which I've always called home, can't be home for much longer.
Should Art Be Used to Push Up London's Rents?
An expensive bronze elephant might make Elephant and Castle even more unaffordable.
Hey Creatives, Stop Fetishising Estates
A Turner nominee wanted to throw a piano off a tower block; residents thought it was a "fucking stupid idea".
10 Ways to Make British Art Less Annoying in 2014
Get rid of the Victoriana freaks, find a new New Aesthetic and if you're gonna sell out, get your money's worth.
Patrick Keiller Has Been Filming London's Slow Collapse Since the 1990s
I talked to him about public housing, the failure of late-stage capitalism, and the future of Britain. It was a pretty gloomy chat, all things considered.
Are Yuppies Ruining London?
It seems that way, but I thought I should talk to some people to find out for sure.