State investment into public education and cultural infrastructure gave the UK some of its most important contemporary cultural movements: kitchen-sink realism, post-punk, Britpop - waves of creativity built by working-class kids who suddenly had access to literacy, art, theory, rehearsal rooms, grants, time. But as higher education is economically... See more

It’s curious that knowledge is having a cultural renaissance at the same moment the institutions that made it accessible to accrue are collapsing. For decades, knowledge was the great democratiser. State investment into public education and cultural infrastructure gave the UK some of its most important contemporary cultural movements: kitchen-sink... See more

As a member of Gen X I’m looking at life and wondering how the hell it all got so fucked up. The Boomers came in – rode the backs of the war generation – took all the drugs, the housing, jobs and money and are still there today – ruling the planet, hoarding their resources, believing they deserved it and not considering the fucking winning lottery... See more