The diversity of contemporary London is extraordinary, and begs to be better understood. Never before have so many people from such diverse backgrounds been fre

Things make us just as much as we make things. And yet, unlike the study of languages or places, there is no discipline devoted to the study of material things.

What do we know about ordinary people in our towns and cities, about what really matters to them and how they organize their lives today? This book visits an or

“Man that is born of a woman is of few days, and full of trouble.” This statement from Job 14:1 is as true today as it was thousands of years ago, when it w