I’ve been seeing a lot of parakeets in a lot of different places recently, and thinking about how we can turn Goldsmiths moving to Catford from a good idea into an absolutely outstanding one.

Here’s the Instagram account linked to the podcast: https://www.instagram.com/catforddreams/

And here’s a short piece on the artists being displaced as a result of the Goldsmiths move: https://lewishamletter.co.uk/artists-face-being-forced-out-of-capital-due-to-council-studio-eviction/

The five principles mentioned are:

Radical Openness

Protecting Legacy Businesses

Community Wealth

Renter Protection

Ground-up Culture

There’s a huge amount of material online about the work of Stuart Hall (1992-2014), worth exploring.

Shepherds, not sheep.