The last weekend in January is tax time in the UK. At least it’s tax time if you’re a procrastinator, like me. Today is pretty much the last day you can file your taxes in the UK without incurring a late fine. So today was the day I sat down to sort my finances out.Continue reading “Tax Time: or why I’m giving up stories of scarcity”
Category Archives: (re)storying society
From Boycotts to Girlcotts: (Re)storying neighbourhood coffee shops
On Monday, I had breakfast with a friend and colleague. She’d emailed suggesting we meet at Starbucks to plan a project we’ve been mulling over these last few months. Starbucks has made a fortune out of being everyone’s global/local coffee shop, storying itself as a multinational pillar of the community. This friendly neighbourhood tale hasContinue reading “From Boycotts to Girlcotts: (Re)storying neighbourhood coffee shops”
One of the Quotations I Keep on my Office Wall
The rush and pressure of modern life are a form, perhaps the most common form, of its innate violence. To allow oneself to be carried away by a multitude of conflicting concerns, to surrender to too many projects, to want to help everyone in everything is to succumb to violence…. The frenzy of the activistContinue reading “One of the Quotations I Keep on my Office Wall”
Restorying the Earth 