Tag: Urban Life
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The Line That Gets You Out Is Breaking Down
in ColumnNewham gets you through the day. Getting out is another story. As delays mount on the Docklands Light Railway, the gap between what Transport for London says and what passengers experience is becoming harder to ignore.
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Phones, Safety and the Illusion of Control
in ColumnBeing on the phone in public is often framed as a matter of safety. But when connection becomes constant, it raises a different question. What is this behaviour really protecting us from?
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The Slow Collapse of Public Behaviour
in ColumnPublic space is not a stage, a living room, or an extension of your personality. Somewhere along the way, restraint was mistaken for weakness and consideration for inconvenience. This is not nostalgia. It is a refusal to indulge behaviour that makes shared life unbearable.
Colin Cushion 