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Poetry for an anxious world: 5 experts share poems of grief, hope and restoration

Tumultuous times create heightened, often complex, emotions. It can be hard to voice or even identify our feelings when faced with war, illness, worry, or great changes of any kind.

The Conversation · Apr 10

How did a bakery become a political hotbed?

Once best known for its £5 sourdough, Gail’s has become a symbol of cultural tensions in today’s London. Claudia Cockerell finds out why

Evening Standard · Mar 19

3 Australian poets explore sites of memory and history – with a degree of play

It was the French historian Pierre Nora who coined the term lieux de mémoire – “sites of memory”. He meant to suggest that places and objects can embody or contain personal and collective memories, and that such memories can also obtain in the intangible – in a scent or a…

The Conversation · Jan 18

Texas could sell 100 miles of border to feds, Abbott says

Abbott is in Washington this week to lobby Congress for $11 billion to compensate Texas for money spent on his Operation Lone Star, to secure the border during the Biden Administration.

The Texas Tribune · Feb 13, 2025

Luke Johnson: My ten point growth plan to fire up the London economy

The celebrity entrepreneur outlines his manifesto to make our capital more dynamic and prosperous

Evening Standard · Jan 20, 2025

High street firms face ‘terrible choices’ after Budget tax rises

It came amid reports that Tesco is the latest high street giant to face a huge increase in its national insurance bill.

Evening Standard · Nov 11, 2024

Revolution owner’s losses grow amid restructuring ‘distraction’

Shares in the Revel Collective, which changed its name from Revolution Bars Group earlier this month, dropped after it revealed a dip in sales.

Evening Standard · Oct 22, 2024

‘Does it have a Gail’s?’ How a bakery became middle-class England’s most powerful political bellwether

Seats hosting the upmarket chain were key to the Lib Dems’ Tory-ousting strategy in July’s election. But, after recent protests, Gail’s is much more controversial than it seems

The Guardian - UK · Aug 22, 2024

‘I never liked Gail’s but that’s not why I’m opposed’: Walthamstow’s revolt and the awkward paradox for middle-class London

In a desirable corner of the capital, residents are petitioning against a new branch of the upmarket bakery chain

The Guardian - UK · Aug 18, 2024

Londoners go to war with upmarket chain Gail's over gentrification

Hundreds of people have signed a petition trying to block a new Gail's in Walthamstow, namechecking its divisive chairman.

Fortune · Aug 14, 2024