Anna Minton
@annaminton.bsky.social
Writer, journalist, UEL academic and trying to have it all mum of two boys. Author of Ground Control and Big Capital. Working on a new book on the global housing crisis, which will be published by Penguin in 2026. Contributor to Guardian & FT
Please join us for this important conference on Housing, Power and Property at the University of East London on December 12th. Free to attend but please register: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/housing-po...
Housing, Power and Property
A symposium on the politics of housing, rent, urban space and tenants' organising
www.eventbrite.co.uk
November 14, 2025 at 12:05 PM
Please join us for this important conference on Housing, Power and Property at the University of East London on December 12th. Free to attend but please register: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/housing-po...
My piece in @theguardian.com on the Public Inquiry into plans by Berkeley to build hundreds of luxury apartments in Peckham that barely any local people can afford: www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
What will Labour sacrifice for its housing targets? A standoff in south London is putting it to the test | Anna Minton
In Peckham, developers unwilling to meet affordable housing quotas are facing down residents and the council, says author Anna Minton
www.theguardian.com
October 28, 2025 at 5:18 PM
My piece in @theguardian.com on the Public Inquiry into plans by Berkeley to build hundreds of luxury apartments in Peckham that barely any local people can afford: www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Great to be part of the discussion last night @housmansbookshop.bsky.social for the launch of @thelrm.bsky.social wonderful new book The Feminist Art Of Walking
October 9, 2025 at 1:20 PM
Great to be part of the discussion last night @housmansbookshop.bsky.social for the launch of @thelrm.bsky.social wonderful new book The Feminist Art Of Walking
Searing and vitally important piece by Sharone Lifschitz two years after October 7 www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Two years after 7 October and the kidnap of my parents, hate is in fashion. For all our sakes, we need compassion | Sharone Lifschitz
So many were killed – yet on her release, my mother said ‘shalom’ to her captors. Let’s learn from that moment of grace, says Sharone Lifschitz, London-based film-maker and academic
www.theguardian.com
October 7, 2025 at 8:55 PM
Searing and vitally important piece by Sharone Lifschitz two years after October 7 www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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🚨ICYMI🚨
Housing expert and author of Big Capital: Who Is London For? @annaminton.bsky.social joins @hannahfearn.bsky.social to discuss the nightmare of trying to build houses in a system designed to inhibit it 👉 linktr.ee/ohgodwhatnow...
#starmer #housing #regeneration
Housing expert and author of Big Capital: Who Is London For? @annaminton.bsky.social joins @hannahfearn.bsky.social to discuss the nightmare of trying to build houses in a system designed to inhibit it 👉 linktr.ee/ohgodwhatnow...
#starmer #housing #regeneration
October 1, 2025 at 6:00 AM
🚨ICYMI🚨
Housing expert and author of Big Capital: Who Is London For? @annaminton.bsky.social joins @hannahfearn.bsky.social to discuss the nightmare of trying to build houses in a system designed to inhibit it 👉 linktr.ee/ohgodwhatnow...
#starmer #housing #regeneration
Housing expert and author of Big Capital: Who Is London For? @annaminton.bsky.social joins @hannahfearn.bsky.social to discuss the nightmare of trying to build houses in a system designed to inhibit it 👉 linktr.ee/ohgodwhatnow...
#starmer #housing #regeneration
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A joy to chat about the scourge of regeneration with @annaminton.bsky.social for an @ohgodwhatnow.bsky.social deep dive.
From Baltimore to Liverpool docks, “market renewal pathfinders” (who remembers them?) to city sterilisation - we’ve got it all.
Listen up!
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From Baltimore to Liverpool docks, “market renewal pathfinders” (who remembers them?) to city sterilisation - we’ve got it all.
Listen up!
podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/o...
Build, baby, build – Is Labour losing the Regeneration Game?
Podcast Episode · Oh God, What Now? · 30/09/2025 · 1h
podcasts.apple.com
September 30, 2025 at 7:56 AM
A joy to chat about the scourge of regeneration with @annaminton.bsky.social for an @ohgodwhatnow.bsky.social deep dive.
From Baltimore to Liverpool docks, “market renewal pathfinders” (who remembers them?) to city sterilisation - we’ve got it all.
Listen up!
podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/o...
From Baltimore to Liverpool docks, “market renewal pathfinders” (who remembers them?) to city sterilisation - we’ve got it all.
Listen up!
podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/o...
Really enjoyed this conversation with @hannahfearn.bsky.social
🚨NEW EPISODE🚨
Labour has staked its future on building hundreds of thousand of homes and fixing up crumbling communities. But does “regeneration” actually work?
@annaminton.bsky.social joins OGWN regular and development wonk @hannahfearn.bsky.social to discuss 👉 linktr.ee/ohgodwhatnow...
#starmer
Labour has staked its future on building hundreds of thousand of homes and fixing up crumbling communities. But does “regeneration” actually work?
@annaminton.bsky.social joins OGWN regular and development wonk @hannahfearn.bsky.social to discuss 👉 linktr.ee/ohgodwhatnow...
#starmer
September 30, 2025 at 12:50 PM
Really enjoyed this conversation with @hannahfearn.bsky.social
Really looking forward to talking to @thelrm.bsky.social about her great new book on women walking in the city
Really looking forward to visiting @housmansbookshop.bsky.social its always been one of my London touchstones. I will be in conversation with the always excellent @annaminton.bsky.social and looking forward to seeing loiterers old and new x
📚BOOK EVENT📚
@thelrm.bsky.social, author of The Feminist Art of Walking visits @housmansbookshop.bsky.social for an author talk
🗓️ Wed, Oct 8
⏰ 7 pm
📍 @housmansbookshop.bsky.social
housmans.com/event/book-l...
@thelrm.bsky.social, author of The Feminist Art of Walking visits @housmansbookshop.bsky.social for an author talk
🗓️ Wed, Oct 8
⏰ 7 pm
📍 @housmansbookshop.bsky.social
housmans.com/event/book-l...
September 29, 2025 at 11:07 AM
Really looking forward to talking to @thelrm.bsky.social about her great new book on women walking in the city
The fact that Starmer sat next to Blackstone's Steve Schwarzman at the King's banquet presumably to thank him for the £90 billion 'investment' aka asset stripping tells you all you need to know about this government
September 18, 2025 at 2:04 PM
The fact that Starmer sat next to Blackstone's Steve Schwarzman at the King's banquet presumably to thank him for the £90 billion 'investment' aka asset stripping tells you all you need to know about this government
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Occasionally I come across an article in the foreign press that’s strikes me as so important that I want to share it with you. The following was originally written by an Israeli professor of law named Orit Kamir. https://robertreich.substack.com/p/a-betrayal-of-the-victims-of-the
July 30, 2025 at 12:04 AM
Occasionally I come across an article in the foreign press that’s strikes me as so important that I want to share it with you. The following was originally written by an Israeli professor of law named Orit Kamir. https://robertreich.substack.com/p/a-betrayal-of-the-victims-of-the
Tomorrow!
Please join us for this great event on Wednesday 25th June wt #JoannaKusiak and #JoePenny talking about their new books on the financialization of housing & grassroots alternatives in London & Berlin
Wednesday 25 June 5pm-7pm, in person, University Square, Stratford US1.01
booking: lnkd.in/eEJdcmeq
Wednesday 25 June 5pm-7pm, in person, University Square, Stratford US1.01
booking: lnkd.in/eEJdcmeq
LinkedIn
This link will take you to a page that’s not on LinkedIn
lnkd.in
June 24, 2025 at 10:47 AM
Tomorrow!
Wednesday 25th UEL book event with Joanna Kusiak & Joe Penny - please join us!
Please join us for this great event on Wednesday 25th June wt #JoannaKusiak and #JoePenny talking about their new books on the financialization of housing & grassroots alternatives in London & Berlin
Wednesday 25 June 5pm-7pm, in person, University Square, Stratford US1.01
booking: lnkd.in/eEJdcmeq
Wednesday 25 June 5pm-7pm, in person, University Square, Stratford US1.01
booking: lnkd.in/eEJdcmeq
LinkedIn
This link will take you to a page that’s not on LinkedIn
lnkd.in
June 20, 2025 at 11:41 AM
Wednesday 25th UEL book event with Joanna Kusiak & Joe Penny - please join us!
Please join us for this great event on Wednesday 25th June wt #JoannaKusiak and #JoePenny talking about their new books on the financialization of housing & grassroots alternatives in London & Berlin
Wednesday 25 June 5pm-7pm, in person, University Square, Stratford US1.01
booking: lnkd.in/eEJdcmeq
Wednesday 25 June 5pm-7pm, in person, University Square, Stratford US1.01
booking: lnkd.in/eEJdcmeq
LinkedIn
This link will take you to a page that’s not on LinkedIn
lnkd.in
June 18, 2025 at 12:21 PM
Please join us for this great event on Wednesday 25th June wt #JoannaKusiak and #JoePenny talking about their new books on the financialization of housing & grassroots alternatives in London & Berlin
Wednesday 25 June 5pm-7pm, in person, University Square, Stratford US1.01
booking: lnkd.in/eEJdcmeq
Wednesday 25 June 5pm-7pm, in person, University Square, Stratford US1.01
booking: lnkd.in/eEJdcmeq
On now!
Coming up right now: the new season of BBC Rethink on Radio 4. Delighted to be back for a second season. This time we're Rethinking Social Housing, joined by Mayor of Greater Manchester Andy Burnham, @annaminton.bsky.social @rohhyde.bsky.social and Jasmine Basran
www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...
www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...
BBC Sounds - Rethink, Rethink...social housing
What's stopping the UK from building the social housing we need?
www.bbc.co.uk
May 29, 2025 at 3:05 PM
On now!
my @theguardian.com piece on how regeneration is sterilizing the city and driving children and families out:
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
A new kind of gentrification is spreading through London – and emptying out schools | Anna Minton
Thanks to ‘placemaking’, thriving communities are hollowing out, to be replaced by luxury apartments and expensive restaurants, says author Anna Minton
www.theguardian.com
May 26, 2025 at 11:21 AM
my @theguardian.com piece on how regeneration is sterilizing the city and driving children and families out:
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Reposted by Anna Minton
whoever is doing this campaign in London well bloody done 👍
March 12, 2025 at 2:13 PM
whoever is doing this campaign in London well bloody done 👍
Clear eyed assessment as ever by @edwardluce.bsky.social www.ft.com/content/8632...
The Trump 50 per cent doctrine
With ruthless purges of the US government, the president is tipping the scales towards autocracy
www.ft.com
February 25, 2025 at 5:14 PM
Clear eyed assessment as ever by @edwardluce.bsky.social www.ft.com/content/8632...
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How Russian Information Warfare Primed the World for Trump and Musk
A superb article from @peterjukes.bsky.social & @bylinetimes.bsky.social
bylinetimes.com/2025/01/25/h...
A superb article from @peterjukes.bsky.social & @bylinetimes.bsky.social
bylinetimes.com/2025/01/25/h...
From Z to X: How Russian Information Warfare Primed the World for Trump and Musk
“Money and information are the twin tactical nukes of modern politics” according to Steve Bannon. But the the seeds for this tech dystopia were sown more than a decade ago
bylinetimes.com
January 25, 2025 at 11:30 AM
How Russian Information Warfare Primed the World for Trump and Musk
A superb article from @peterjukes.bsky.social & @bylinetimes.bsky.social
bylinetimes.com/2025/01/25/h...
A superb article from @peterjukes.bsky.social & @bylinetimes.bsky.social
bylinetimes.com/2025/01/25/h...
Outstanding piece in @financialtimes.com on the legal meaning of genocide by @simonkuper.bsky.social
www.ft.com/content/9466...
www.ft.com/content/9466...
What is genocide?
And what I learnt from my great-uncle Leo’s attempt to answer
www.ft.com
January 23, 2025 at 2:54 PM
Outstanding piece in @financialtimes.com on the legal meaning of genocide by @simonkuper.bsky.social
www.ft.com/content/9466...
www.ft.com/content/9466...
This is great @adelap.bsky.social
This fossil fuel skit by Olivia Coleman for @makemymoneymatter.bsky.social is great if you haven't seen it. www.youtube.com/watch?v=EeZw...
Oblivian starring Olivia Colman
YouTube video by Make My Money Matter
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January 23, 2025 at 10:12 AM
This is great @adelap.bsky.social
This is a great piece by @edwardluce.bsky.social
"America didn't elect Elon Musk. Yet he is acting as Donald Trump’s de facto co-president. Musk’s self-appointed remit includes gunning for regime change in allied democracies...His silence on Russia and China speaks even louder." My column. www.ft.com/content/ff7b...
Musk’s war on America’s allies
The question of whether he is speaking for Trump is urgent for Europe
www.ft.com
January 7, 2025 at 11:48 PM
This is a great piece by @edwardluce.bsky.social
This is all true - Camila Batmanghelidjh did incredible work
www.theguardian.com/culture/2024...
www.theguardian.com/culture/2024...
Camila Batmanghelidjh remembered by Lemn Sissay
The poet tells of his relationship with the founder of Kids Company, who was the ‘embodiment of integrity’ in her work for children in need
www.theguardian.com
December 26, 2024 at 3:20 PM
This is all true - Camila Batmanghelidjh did incredible work
www.theguardian.com/culture/2024...
www.theguardian.com/culture/2024...
Delighted to say that I've been awarded a
@Soc_of_Authors grant to work on my current book about the global housing crisis. It's not easy being a writer and it's awards like this that enable us to keep going #SoA @PenguinUKBooks @NicolaBarr123
@Soc_of_Authors grant to work on my current book about the global housing crisis. It's not easy being a writer and it's awards like this that enable us to keep going #SoA @PenguinUKBooks @NicolaBarr123
November 28, 2024 at 5:21 PM
Delighted to say that I've been awarded a
@Soc_of_Authors grant to work on my current book about the global housing crisis. It's not easy being a writer and it's awards like this that enable us to keep going #SoA @PenguinUKBooks @NicolaBarr123
@Soc_of_Authors grant to work on my current book about the global housing crisis. It's not easy being a writer and it's awards like this that enable us to keep going #SoA @PenguinUKBooks @NicolaBarr123
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Oops! Warning ahead:
1/IMPORTANT thread about Bluesky funding and origins. Many folks know that it was seeded by Jack Dorsey around a libertarian vision of a magical network that wouldn’t need moderation because it would be decentralized and baked into a protocol (somehow).
November 17, 2024 at 8:48 PM
Oops! Warning ahead:
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Calling all regulated tenants in the UK to take part in a research project on security of tenure and proposals for future rent controls. Please get in touch to find out more and spread the word among your neighbours, friends, family etc
November 17, 2024 at 10:48 AM
Calling all regulated tenants in the UK to take part in a research project on security of tenure and proposals for future rent controls. Please get in touch to find out more and spread the word among your neighbours, friends, family etc