‘What kind of people do they think we are?’

James Meek: On Social Housing, 10 September 2026

“... in homes that weren’t yet ready for their first tenants.In 2000, a ten-year-old boy, Damilola Taylor, was stabbed with a broken bottle near Peckham Library by two other boys, aged twelve and thirteen. His killers, members of the Young Peckham Boys gang, were eventually convicted of manslaughter. Taylor lived on the ...”

The Tower

Andrew O’Hagan, 7 June 2018

“... friends saying: ‘This is going to be the best Ramadan yet.’ Next door, Manchester United fan Gary Maunders, a 57-year-old father of four who lived in the area, was spending the evening with Deborah Lamprell, who worked at Holland Park Opera. Yasin El Wahabi went to the mosque to say the prayer that would close his fast. His sister Nur Huda was ...”