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Social Alternatives

• Building Utopia from the Bottom Up

• For Pluralist Democratic Socialism

• For Alternative Dialogical Education

• On Communism

• From Big Tech to the Alternatives

• Alternative Email 1

• Alternative Email 2

• Alternative Email 3

Education

• Critical Academics in Theory and Practice

• For Alternative Dialogical Education

• On the Marketisation of Universities

• Sussex Stories

Left and Green Politics

• Is Keir Starmer a Socialist?

• For Pluralist Democratic Socialism

• On Communism

• In Defence of Pessimism

• MacCabe's Critique of the 'Critical Realist Text'

Reading and Writing

• Books I Read in 2024

• Books I Read in 2023

• Books I Read in 2022

• Tiny Keeper: The Story of Steve Death

• On Blogging

• At the Library

Music

• My Top Tracks: Introduction

• My Top Tracks: Eddie and the Hot Rods, Do Anything You Wanna Do

• My Top Tracks: The Clash, Safe European Home

• My Top Tracks: The O'Jays, Love Train

• My Top Tracks: Gladys Knight and the Pips, Midnight Train to Georgia

• My Top Tracks: Miles Davis, On the Corner

Ina's Story

• Introduction and Contents

• Part 1: Peru

• Part 2: Going to Britain

• Part 3: Swansea and Boarding School

• Part 4: And My Family?

• Part 5: Back to Swansea

• Part 6: Religion

• Part 7: Politics and Social Issues

• Part 8: Books and Music

• Part 9: Newburgh: Golden Moments and the Kindness of Strangers

• More Ina's Stories: On Newburgh Again

• More Ina's Stories: My Uncle: George's Dad

• More Ina's Stories: George's Mum: My Auntie Edie

Sussex Stories

• Sussex Stories: Contents and Introduction

• Sussex Stories 1: The Early Years 1990-98 Part 1

• Sussex Stories 2: The Early Years 1990-98 Part 2

• Sussex Stories 3: The Smith Years 1998-2007 Part 1

• Sussex Stories 4: The Smith Years 1998-2007 Part 2

• Sussex Stories 5: The Farthing Years 2007-16 Part 1

• Sussex Stories 6: The Farthing Years 2007-16 Part 2

• Sussex Stories 7: The Part-time Years 2016-24 Part 1

• Sussex Stories 8: The Part-time Years 2016-24 Part 2