“By striving to do the impossible, man has always achieved what is possible. Those who have cautiously done no more than they believed possible have never taken a single step forward.” ― Mikhail Bakunin In 1997 I remember being at school yet still being swept up in something of a…

As general secretary and founder of Harmony, I get asked a lot: “What the hell is deliberative democracy, anyway?” and ultimately, “Well, that’s a knotty question that takes us back to Athens in the sixth century BC,” is kind of a terrible starting point for an answer — but it…

This article is paywall-free. Today the UK Government issued a response to the “Pay Carers an allowance equivalent to a fulltime job at the National Living wage” petition. …

Harmony is an interesting word. It has an interesting history, too. The Harmony Society, founded by self-declared German prophet George Rapp, was a Christian organisation that founded a town: Harmony. …

“The truth is that everyone is bored, and devotes [themself] to cultivating habits.” — Albert Camus, The Plague — As someone with mental health complexities as well as physical disability, I often have to be bored, indoors, on my own, doing absolutely nothing productive. So: are you isolated? I got your back on this! And so do many other people! For a start, a bunch of stuff just got…

Motivation is hard to find when tiredness binds — This is a short, emotive personal piece about the author’s daily struggle with fatigue. I remember a time when I could do without sleep quite readily in some ways. …

“Be kind, for everyone you meet is fighting a harder battle.” — Plato Often when we hear about political or societal problems the conversation immediately switches to the intense question of what do we do?! This is of course a pretty natural response, and highlights the communal nature of human…

People often say chronic pain is an invisible disability. It’s because you don’t want to look Living with chronic pain is as anyone will tell you… painful. Oftentimes it’s not, though, as painful as you might think when you hear phrases like “I hurt every day of the week” or…

“The most potent weapon in the hands of the oppressor is the mind of the oppressed.” — Steven Biko Strike action is often seen only at the very surface; in the media it is usually reported simply in the context of two sides snarlingly facing off against each other. …