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Phineas Harper

The Guardian

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Like Jeremy Corbyn and Sophie Ellis-Bextor, I grew up in Woodcraft Folk. Here’s how it changes children’s lives

16.08.2025 100

The Guardian

Phineas Harper

The debate over pedestrianising Oxford Street is a congested mess. But one thing is clear: it would work

06.05.2025 10

The Guardian

Phineas Harper

In Cannes, I saw English councils pander to gilet-wearing property developers – at the cost of their residents

26.03.2025 10

The Guardian

Phineas Harper

Two-thirds of workers in England can’t afford private rent. If that’s not a crisis, what is?

This Christmas, bailiffs have been busy. Evictions in England and Wales rose by 11.2% compared with the same period last year, leaving thousands of...

31.12.2024 20

The Guardian

Phineas Harper

Why do I wear a white poppy? Because Remembrance Day’s staged fervour does little to honour my grandad

Remembrance Day looms large in my family. Two generations of my mum’s family were conscripted: my great-grandfather in the first world war; my...

08.11.2024 80

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Phineas Harper

Yimbys hear this – simply building more homes won’t solve our housing crisis

At the Labour party conference, one buoyant new faction stood out: the yimbys. After hosting a packed reception at Liverpool’s Hilton hotel last...

29.09.2024 3

The Guardian

Phineas Harper

Planning changed Britain for the better in the postwar years – and it can do the same now

New rules could allow local authorities across England to purchase land for house building at affordable prices, even when landowners don’t want to...

14.08.2024 20

The Guardian

Phineas Harper