Dying Quietly: The New Suburbs
Mustn’t grumble. Mustn’t make a fuss. England’s suburbs are slowly dying, as years of austerity slowly changes the landscape.
The Wreckers: Fabian Review Essay, Spring 2019
The crises which have engulfed this government should not blind us to the fact that the Conservatives are supremely successful at what they are best at.
Day of reckoning: Brexit and UK Universities
Universities helped foster the environment in which Brexit became possible. It is time to make amends.
Ireland: Recession, Austerity and Life Expectancy
Dear Sir Thank you for the opportunity to respond to the letter of February 25, 2019 from Professor J Hanley.
Peak Inequality: a public lecture by Danny Dorling
There’s no reason to be pessimistic about the future. The UK and the USA are probably at a peak of economic inequality right now.
Britannia, Brexit and what now in the week before the April 12th deadline?
Danny Dorling speaking at the Cambridge Literary Festival, introduced by Cathy Moore, in the Palmerston Room, St John’s College, University of Cambridge, April 6th 2019
Danny Dorling: Peak Inequality – a discussion with David Runciman
Inequality is the key political issue of our time. The dramatic rise of income inequality in the UK, from the mid 1970s through to today’s peak, created a state that was so unstable that Brexit was attempted.
Rule Britannia at twelve days until Brexit – Why did it get this far?
The deadline is now Friday 11pm April 12th 2019. A 30 minutes talk by Danny Dorling in the free Blackwells Marque, Oxford Literary Festival, The Bodleian Quad, Oxford, March 31st 2019.
Communication by numbers, symbolic power and slowdown
A seminar for the Atlantic Fellows for Social and Economic Equity, London School of Economics, March 29th 2019.
Still two weeks to go until Brexit?
On the eve of the House of Commons trying to break the Brexit deadlock, a public lecture concerning what Brexit tells us about the British.
What has Brexit taught us about the British? The story so far.
Whatever kind of Brexit occurs – hard, soft, or even a last minute cancellation and staying in the European Union – the public and
Comment by Danny Dorling on “Empty Planet: The Shock of Global Population Decline”
A provocative vision of the future in which the global population plummets, dramatically reshaping the social, political and economic landscape.
Austerity bites—falling life expectancy in the UK
On 8 March 2019 Lu Hiam and Martin McKee, referring to the most recent report from the Institute of Actuaries
Two weeks to go to Brexit?
There may be a silver lining. Brexit is a much larger national disaster than the 1956 Suez crisis, and more embarrassing.
Mid-March 2019: What Brexit now told us about the British
What on earth will happen now? Will some people never learn about the British past, the nature of its empire, its decline, and how all this is linked to Brexit?