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Time for Tea anyone?

Sitting inside number 110 Shoreditch High Street, I watch passers-by as they peer inside confused and intrigued, most too reserved to enter the quirky one of a kind tea house nestled in the middle of East London. (The Prisma memoirs)   Sofia Ahmad   To me their bemusement is entirely […]

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Squatting: under the cover of occupation

In the English-speaking world they are known as ‘squatters’, in Spain ‘okupas’, and in certain Latin American countries as ‘paracaidistas’ (‘parachutists’). These are some of the terms that refer to those people throughout the world who lead lives based on occupying abandoned buildings or abandoned housing.   Juan Galbete   […]