Libraries, laundrettes, and lidos. Pizzerias, plazas, and playgrounds. Sidewalks, swimming
pools, and schools. These are just some of the kinds of spaces and facilities that contribute …

Loneliness is often described as a deadly epidemic sweeping across the population, a silent
killer. Loneliness, we are told, is a social disease that must be cured. But what does it mean …

A Question of Limits This book emerges from a growing sense that we are living in negative
times. We submit that this is hardly a contentious diagnosis. Over the last eight years, since …

Harley, D., Howland, K., Harris, E., & Redlich, C.(2014). Online communities for older user:
What can we learn from local community interactions to create sites that work for older …

In this article, young trans people share their experiences of exhaustion and exhausting
temporalities. Drawing on participatory research with young trans people aged fourteen to …

In this paper, we aim to understand how long‐term state neglect of public infrastructure
coexists with a renewed emphasis on profit‐driven infrastructure development in urban …

In April 2016, 200 people in the London Borough of Lambeth occupied Carnegie Library,
forcibly preventing its closure by a local council rolling-out deep austerity measures. The …

Particular populations within the UK housing sector (most notably social housing tenants)
have been conceptualised as 'flawed'consumers (Bauman,) subject to stigmatisation in …

This paper explores the generative capacity of activist movements defending their
community assets from commodification or closure to produce new forms of social …

The emergence of current and historic cases of child abuse across the globe has, in recent
years, dominated the news, political agendas and popular discourse surrounding children …