Reclaiming public spaces with ping pong and pianos
Homa Khaleeli
Homa Khaleeli: What's the alternative?: Street pianos and table tennis have got city folk talking, but it will take time and money to turn this into real social networks
It'll take more than back-combing tutorials to bridge the generation gap
Ed Howker
Ed Howker: What's the alternative?: If older people are failing to pass on their skills, it's a symptom of a deeper problem: young and old in Britain mistrust one another
When 59% APR loans and no-interest savings accounts are a good deal
Hilary Osborne
Hilary Osborne: What's the alternative?: Customers of social enterprise Fair Finance are used to being excluded from banking and left to rely on payday loans
This is how we can solve the housing crisis – one home at a time
Lynsey Hanley
Lynsey Hanley: What's the alternative? Liverpool's Homebaked community land trust is a model for local rebuilding in the wake of failed regeneration projects