Woolwich
Mapping the Terrible Lost Nightclubs of London
When a friend showed me a forum thread detailing some of London's lost, dreadful clubs, I found myself through the looking glass of a time before student promoters and Uber discount codes.
What 2013's Biggest News Stories Taught Us About Our Lives
Thatcher, Woolwich, Syria, Nigella – a year in weird life lessons.
Why Is Anti-Muslim Violence Only Now Being Classed as Terrorism?
Last Friday, a nail bomb exploded outside a mosque in the West Midlands town of Tipton. The blast came about an hour after the funeral of army drummer Lee Rigby—the latest in a broad series of attacks on Britain's Muslim community since the soldier's...
The BNP Utterly Failed to March Through London This Weekend
I went along to watch them get ridiculed by anti-fascists and badger lovers.
Speaking to Muslims at the Lee Rigby Solidarity March
Everyone there said the Woolwich killers were doing Islam wrong.
Boya Dee and the Rise of the 'Tragedy Jesters'
We always need someone to provide the light relief in the moments of dark, dark horror.
What Does Terrorism Mean in 2013?
Glenn Greenwald is a journalist, lawyer, and security expert who was partly responsible for former CIA official John Brennan not being made the Director of the CIA and forcing a UN investigation into the treatment of Bradley Manning. I called him up to...
We Photographed the Drunk EDL Hate Mob That Attacked London's Police Last Night
Yesterday, a British soldier was murdered in South London by Islamic extremists. Later, the far-right English Defence League descended onto Woolwich in a drunken horde to spread Islamophobia and achieve absolutely nothing. I was there to take...
Murderous Fanatics and EDL Idiots Brought Darkness to Woolwich, London Yesterday
Yesterday afternoon in Woolwich, South London, two men ran over a soldier from the local army barracks, before getting out of their car and hacking at his body with machetes, while shouting "Allahu Akbar!" We spent the day there trying to make sense of...