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Local Democracy
The Pied Piper of Ealing
A school performance of The Pied Piper becomes a perfect metaphor for local politics, where broken promises about children’s services mirror the fairy …
Local Democracy
Southall Odours
A resident’s morning walk through Southall reveals the multiple sources of air pollution - from gasworks remediation to illegal burning to traffic fumes - …
Environment
COPD
Living with chronic lung disease in Britain’s most polluted community, where personal health battles intersect with environmental injustice and the fight …
Local Democracy
ToryBoy
Inspired by a filmmaker’s failed attempt to unseat an invisible Labour MP, David Marsden’s own 2022 campaign as an independent candidate in Ealing’s safest …
Campaigns
Strawberries for Pigs?
A father’s discovery that his child’s garden strawberries were poisoned by toxic air from nearby gasworks becomes a meditation on how Labour councillors …
Environment
High Traffic Neighbourhood
An hour-long school run through Southall’s traffic gridlock reveals how ‘improving access for HGVs’ creates chaos for residents, while a father’s choice of …
Local Democracy
Trigger Vote for Sharma
Why Southall MP Virendra Sharma faced a trigger ballot in 2019: years of invisibility on local issues, bizarre outbursts at constituents, and failure to …
Environment
The Gaslighting Zone
Residents express frustration over toxic air quality and question the appropriateness of partnerships related to mental health in Southall.
Campaigns
Southall under Siege: the Neighbours from Hell
For years, residents of Britain’s most diverse community were forced to breathe carcinogenic fumes from a toxic waste site while council leaders accepted …