@AnnaMinton
@AnnaMinton
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Author Big Capital & Ground Control. Work at UEL. New book on the global housing crisis, Penguin 2026. Please follow me to Bluesky: @annaminton.bsky.social
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Joined July 2009
My piece on Grenfell, five years on.
The media lapped up the narrative of a poverty-stricken tower block ghetto, but Grenfell was a much-loved place to live | @AnnaMinton
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Tomorrow!.
Please join us for this great event on Wednesday 25th June wt @JoannaKusiak & @JoePenny talking about their new books on the financialization of housing & grassroots alternatives in London & Berlin .Wednesday 25 June 5pm-7pm, in person .UEL US1.01.
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Please join us for this great event on Wednesday 25th June wt @JoannaKusiak & @JoePenny talking about their new books on the financialization of housing & grassroots alternatives in London & Berlin .Wednesday 25 June 5pm-7pm, in person .UEL US1.01.
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Please join us for this great event on Wednesday 25th June wt @JoannaKusiak & @JoePenny talking about their new books on the financialization of housing & grassroots alternatives in London & Berlin .Wednesday 25 June 5pm-7pm, in person .UEL US1.01.
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My @guardianopinion piece on how regeneration is sterilising the city and emptying it of children & families: .
theguardian.com
Thanks to ‘placemaking’, thriving communities are hollowing out, to be replaced by luxury apartments and expensive restaurants, says author Anna Minton
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I appreciate you said your numbers are out, so thought you may welcome the clarification:
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Donald Trump has sought to defend the use of guns stateside by shining a light on knife crime in London. But is the UK really any worse than the US?
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RT @johnmcternan: Magnificent piece by @danhancox in @ft on Walter Benjamin. “It is more difficult to honour the memory of the anonymous….
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RT @EleanorMargolis: don’t come on here anymore, and don’t think this post will be seen thru all the crypto bots and Elmo’s burner accounts….
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This is all true - Camila Batmanghelidjh did incredible work.
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The poet tells of his relationship with the founder of Kids Company, who was the ‘embodiment of integrity’ in her work for children in need
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Delighted to say that I've been awarded a @Soc_of_Authors grant to work on my current book about the global housing crisis. It's not easy being a writer and it's awards like this that enable us to keep going #SoA @PenguinUKBooks @NicolaBarr123
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Great book event this evening talking about #RadicallyLegal & the socialisation of property in Berlin with inspirational author @jkkusiak & @davidjmadden @urbancommune.
@jkkusiak talking about her fab new book tonight @theurbansalon inspiring take on the power of radical democracy and ability of using the law against itself @davidjmadden @AnnaMinton @urbancommune a must read!
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RT @jkkusiak: I am really looking forward to discussing housing & financial speculation with @davidjmadden @AnnaMinton @urbancommune @LSEGe….
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RT @jkkusiak: LONDON CALLING - Nov 13 - please join for the wonderful event with @AnnaMinton @davidjmadden @urbancommune @LSEsociology.
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Very much looking forward to being part of the panel for the book launch of @jkkusiak's brilliant Radically Legal: Berlin Constitutes the Future, with @davidjmadden @urbancommune.
#3. 13-Nov, 6pm, <Radically Legal: Berlin Constitutes the Future> @LSEnews, a book launch featuring @jkkusiak @davidjmadden @AnnaMinton & @urbancommune Registration info here:
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RT @Lifschitz_sha: Daughter of hostage taken captive by Hamas describes her family’s pain and trauma
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Sharone Lifschitz also tells of impact conflict has had on life in the UK for British Jews, almost a year on from 7 October
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RT @hugorifkind: Anybody who doesn't know the dynamics, history and supposed pretexts of murderous pogroms, in the UK and elsewhere, should….
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This is a great, clear and succinct piece by @_isaacrose @abioconnor_ & @g_f_red which cuts thro the myths of housing & planning.
Labour's plans to deregulate planning processes will further open up Britain to the property developers who have already caused so much damage to the country — and do little to help those at the sharp end of the housing crisis.
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RT @harikunzru: Seems like a good moment to post my @GuardianBooks review of JD Vance's Hillbilly Elegy, written in 2016 when a lot of lib….
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One of the standout successes of 2016, Vance’s account of his white working-class origins should be treated with caution by commentators
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