
The Map as Text
Today marks the launch of our new special edition publication New Cartography. The magazine offers readers a fresh and alternative take on mapping the urban environment through a collection of articles and illustrations from a wide array of contributors. Over the upcoming weeks we will be publishing a selection of the...

Militant Secularisation
Baroness Warsi’s visit to the Holy See in February, as the leader of a ministerial delegation, seemed beforehand like it would be the very definition of low-impact. The presence of a prominent British Muslim in the state capital of Catholicism, affirming at the same time mutual ties of religious tolerance...

London Riots: Considering our response
All across London, the last few days have been dominated by a particular kind of conversation. Stuck at Victoria station on Monday night, where crowds massed as service operators struggled to cope with station closures along suburban lines, a man in a suit looked up from his phone and told...