It's not about standing still and becoming safe. If anybody wants to keep creating, they have to be about change. Miles Davis 'Nobody has all the answers but all of…
21 Oct, 2020
Cooperation
20 Oct, 2020
How the system hurts UK democracy
Shortly after the UK general election of December 2019 I wrote a policy article for the spring 2020 edition of Global Discourse, setting out what my involvement in politics has taught…
17 Sep, 2020
Working differently within our current democratic structures
Grace Barnett’s recently published Compass paper, 'Democracy, Participation and Civil Society' contains wonderful examples of pioneers of the “cultural infrastructure for a new democratic settlement”, all with the aim to…
03 Sep, 2020
Working together or falling apart?
Jeremy Corbyn's leadership of the Labour Party was undoubtedly controversial. But it shouldn't be overlooked that under his tenure, membership grew to levels not seen for decades, the party was…
20 May, 2020
What’s so funny about peace, love and understanding? How kindness can drive an agile, creative, and deliberative democracy
'The feedback I’m receiving certainly reveals a positive local picture, one where statutory organisations, established and newly developed Voluntary and Community Sector organisations or groups, and the informal network of…
20 Mar, 2020
Will Individualism Survive The Coronavirus?
The current national and global crisis in which we find ourselves has exposed the myth that a society based upon individualism can work, flourish and be sustainable. We can overcome…