Kensington and Chelsea

  • Fünf Jahre sind seit dem schicksalhaften Inferno im Grenfell Tower in Londons Stadtteil Kensington inzwischen vergangen. Mit einem Theaterstück, einer weiter laufenden öffentlichen Untersuchung, einem Schweigemarsch und Plänen zu einem Denkmal wird die Erinnerung an den Brand, der 72 Menschenleben kostete, wachgehalten.

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  • I am reminded of the degrees of hostility the profession rightfully received after the first days and weeks following the Grenfell disaster. People thought we, us journalists, penetrated their area in an intrusive manner, and whilst doing so, not really hearing or caring. The distrust was not the least based on the experience of decades-long

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  • Grenfell, six months later

    Grenfell Tower, six months later Squatting action under the motorway, Political Requests, Self-help: The Survivors and Residents of the London high-rise fire demand not to be any longer victims.   This article was originally published in taz, die Tageszeitung (online taz.de), Germany’s independent left of centre daily and national broadsheet newspaper on 14/12/2017. See here http://taz.de/Nach-dem-Hochhausbrand-in-London/!5467719/

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