Dan Hancox
Fund Our Fun
The Pub That Took On Property Developers and Won
In 2012, The Ivy House in south London was sold off to be gutted and turned into flats. Then its regulars found out about the “Asset of Community Value” – a status that could help protect nightclubs too.
Dan Hancox
3.22.21
housing
Why You'll Never Leave London, Even Though It's Killing Your Soul
It's often repeated that people on low incomes will leave as the capital gets more expensive. That just isn't happening.
Dan Hancox
1.28.20
housing
Capitalist Co-Living Is Here, Whether You Like It Or Not
Companies have repurposed the idea of communal living, turning it into a high-priced, cutesy rebranding of the long-term rent crisis.
Dan Hancox
9.4.19
brands
Your City Is Not a Brand
Corporations are trying to take over our civic identity. Don't let them.
Dan Hancox
1.18.19
Features
The Drill and Knife Crime Story Is a Classic Chicken-and-Egg Dilemma
When it comes to the London-based offshoot of the genre, unpicking the links between violent music and real world violence is harder than ever.
Dan Hancox
5.31.18
LABOUR
How Labour Can Win Over UKIP Voters
UKIP voters are the most likely to hate their boss, so why not appeal to that rather than scapegoating immigrants?
Dan Hancox
2.28.17
Op-Ed
Stormzy Has Cemented His Position as the New King of Grime
On his debut album 'Gang Signs & Prayer,' the MC is reclining comfortably between mainstream success and underground credibility.
Dan Hancox
2.24.17
Noisey
Grime Is Approaching the Breakthrough Moment Hip-Hop Reached in the 90s
We are about to hit a golden age.
Dan Hancox
12.21.16
Op-Eds
Grime is Approaching the Breakthrough Moment Hip-Hop Reached in the 90s
We are about to hit a golden age.
Dan Hancox
12.21.16
News
London's Latin Americans Are Bearing the Brunt of Gentrification
"We belong here, we settled here – and why is it that now that the area is finally going to be improved we're not allowed to be part of it?"
Dan Hancox
10.20.16
News
UK Government Money to Tackle Rogue Landlords Is Being Used to Arrest Tenants
In trying to clamp down on "beds in sheds", the UK government just made things harder for the people living in them.
Dan Hancox
9.22.16
News
These North London Activists Are a Rare Source of Hope in London's Housing Catastrophe
They're trying to turn a former hospital into an affordable housing utopia.
Dan Hancox
8.30.16
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