Sarah Wong

According to the Behavioural Insights Team in a report commissioned by the GLA’s Violence Reduction Unit, the strongest predictor of crime in London is income deprivation, with 80 per cent of recorded crimes in London occurring in the most income-deprived areas.

Moreover, for those on modest and low incomes, the imposition of austerity policies from 2010 has meant that residents continue to experience lowering standards of living due to the considerable scaling back of essential programmes, services and support that was hitherto provided by councils. [4] In the context of this inequality, cash-strapped loc... See more

We needed to put some structure around this and create a regular container for the kind of hanging out we used to do in our 20s that built the friendships that lasted.

I don’t know a single person who says they have enough friends or a vibrant enough social life.

what efficiency gives you in smoothness, it takes away in texture. the sharp edges of memory fade. days stop standing out. life runs together like watercolors left in the rain.

We came to expect more from technology and less from each other.