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| Gentrification, boundary changes and Euro visas – catch up on our live look at the week | |
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| Thanks to everyone who’s read along and taken part this week. We’ll be back with another live look at the week next Friday. In the meantime we’ll still be in the comments following your conversations, and will welcome any feedback or questions you may have! | |
| Have a great weekend. | |
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| 'I was 'killed' for a marketing stunt' – are you off to see Blair Witch? | |
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| It’s Friday (hoorah!) and some of you might be going to the cinema in the coming days. As a new Blair Witch Project film hits our screens, assistant opinion editor Toby Moses writes about commissioning Heather Donahue to write about her experience. | |
| 1999 may not seem that far ago – well not to those of us over 30 anyway – but much has changed, not least the ubiquity of the internet. The world wide web existed back then, although it wasn’t always with us, in our pocket, shrieking at us from our phones. It’s in that context that the hype for the original Blair Witch Project should be remembered – it’s almost inconceivable that a marketing campaign which hinges on suggesting to the public that the events contained in a horror film are real could succeed now, when a simple Google would reveal the actors’ digital footprint for all to see. Which makes Heather Donahue’s experience rather unique – star of a smash film, but in hiding so that nobody will know she is in fact an actor, and is in fact very much alive. | |
| With the reboot out this week it was a pleasure to get her perspective on the phenomenon – and while I was never the biggest fan of the original (absolutely chilling final shot aside) it has certainly whet my appetite for this new Blair Witch. | |
| Watched it in the cinema, thought it was okay but nothing special. | |
| Went home to bed. Was still awake at 4am. Every sound in the flat seemed deafening! I spent the night cowering under my blankets listening to every creak and groan of the building. | |
| That's never happened with any other film before or since. | |
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| You’re still discussing boundary changes below the line. | |
| As far as boundary changes go, if they hadn't been blocked in the last Parliament then Cameron might not have felt the need to offer an EU referendum. | |
| Otherwise they do little to alter the basic unfairness of a system where a party with less than 5% of the vote has 59 seats and the three parties with 25% have 10 seats. | |
| As a supporter of Scottish independence I welcome the boundary review .Anything which further reduces the relevance of the Westminster parliament in Scotland and makes it even more the de facto English parliament can only be a good thing . | |
| But it’s using a phone at the wheel that is perhaps proving most controversial. | |
| I think people caught using mobiles while driving should be made to watch as their phone is summarily crushed roadside without any chance to salvage either data or sims. Serve em right. | |
| Pretty much every film I've seen recently had people using mobile phones while they were driving. Gerard Butler does it a lot. | |
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| Pay to go to Europe? A very real possibility | Pay to go to Europe? A very real possibility |
| Jon Henley | Jon Henley |
| One of the things Brexit might mean is Brits having to apply in advance and pay to visit the continent, as part of a little-known new visa waiver programme soon to be announced by Brussels for non-EU states that don’t require full visas. I came across this startling eventuality last week and wrote about it on the front page of Saturday’s paper. | One of the things Brexit might mean is Brits having to apply in advance and pay to visit the continent, as part of a little-known new visa waiver programme soon to be announced by Brussels for non-EU states that don’t require full visas. I came across this startling eventuality last week and wrote about it on the front page of Saturday’s paper. |
| The picture Facebook bannedTomorrow's Guardian pic.twitter.com/ktlqou6fhf | The picture Facebook bannedTomorrow's Guardian pic.twitter.com/ktlqou6fhf |
| I confess to having being ever-so-slightly nervous about this – it seemed unreal – but European law experts assured me that at the very least, it was something the government was going to have to negotiate away: post-Brexit, Britain may be a familiar and safe EU neighbour but legally it will still be a third country in the same way as, say, Turkey. | I confess to having being ever-so-slightly nervous about this – it seemed unreal – but European law experts assured me that at the very least, it was something the government was going to have to negotiate away: post-Brexit, Britain may be a familiar and safe EU neighbour but legally it will still be a third country in the same way as, say, Turkey. |
| Somewhat gratifyingly, when the home secretary Amber Rudd was asked directly on the BBC about the scenario raised by my story, she confirmed the government “does not rule it out”. Then an EU law professor went into the detail, and the commission president, Jean-Claude Juncker, promised in his State of the EUnion speech that the scheme would be unveiled in November. | Somewhat gratifyingly, when the home secretary Amber Rudd was asked directly on the BBC about the scenario raised by my story, she confirmed the government “does not rule it out”. Then an EU law professor went into the detail, and the commission president, Jean-Claude Juncker, promised in his State of the EUnion speech that the scheme would be unveiled in November. |
| It still seems unreal. But it’s definitely a thing ... | It still seems unreal. But it’s definitely a thing ... |
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| What have you been reading? | What have you been reading? |
| Pamela Duncan | Pamela Duncan |
| It may seem odd, at first, that a New York Times article would open with a diagram with a crude elephant drawn on. | It may seem odd, at first, that a New York Times article would open with a diagram with a crude elephant drawn on. |
| But the elephant chart makes a serious point. The graphic – shared widely last week – reflects the percentage change in the income of people around the world over two decades (1988 to 2008). | But the elephant chart makes a serious point. The graphic – shared widely last week – reflects the percentage change in the income of people around the world over two decades (1988 to 2008). |
| Analysis by economist, Paul Krugman interprets the chart: the uppermost point (on the elephant’s back) represents the “dramatic rise” in income among the middle classes in emerging markets such as China while the tip of the elephant’s trunk is the “global elite”. Those in the dip in between – including the US lower-middle class – have not seen a rise in income. | Analysis by economist, Paul Krugman interprets the chart: the uppermost point (on the elephant’s back) represents the “dramatic rise” in income among the middle classes in emerging markets such as China while the tip of the elephant’s trunk is the “global elite”. Those in the dip in between – including the US lower-middle class – have not seen a rise in income. |
| What did you enjoy reading this week? | What did you enjoy reading this week? |
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| Rachel Obordo | Rachel Obordo |
| Here’s what some of you have been saying about mobile phone usage behind the wheel. | Here’s what some of you have been saying about mobile phone usage behind the wheel. |
| What do you think? Are there any acceptable reasons to use a phone whilst on the road? | What do you think? Are there any acceptable reasons to use a phone whilst on the road? |
| Not while driving. Even hands free is dangerous imv. And as for sat nav screens - lethal. | Not while driving. Even hands free is dangerous imv. And as for sat nav screens - lethal. |
| Dialing 999 in an emergency when it's unsafe or impractical to stop, such as on a motorway, is surely an acceptable reason to use your phone and the law makes an exception for it. | Dialing 999 in an emergency when it's unsafe or impractical to stop, such as on a motorway, is surely an acceptable reason to use your phone and the law makes an exception for it. |
| I've done it as a passenger, but had I been driving without a passenger I would still have made the call- the rear bumper fell off the car in front on the M4, and I called the police to report that there was now a bumper sitting in the middle of the motorway. | I've done it as a passenger, but had I been driving without a passenger I would still have made the call- the rear bumper fell off the car in front on the M4, and I called the police to report that there was now a bumper sitting in the middle of the motorway. |
| Probably the only exception. Normally 999 is used where 'you' are in danger and if 'you' are hurtling down the road at *cough* miles per hour then the best thing to do is slow down and pull over. | Probably the only exception. Normally 999 is used where 'you' are in danger and if 'you' are hurtling down the road at *cough* miles per hour then the best thing to do is slow down and pull over. |
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| The food desk react to the weather with some ideas | The food desk react to the weather with some ideas |
| Dale Berning Sawa | Dale Berning Sawa |
| It’s no doubt misguided to be hoping that recent hot weather will reappear again, but when it comes to planning meals, what is good on a hot, hot day? A quick poll on the food desk throws up some obvious answers – tomatoes, ice-cream – and some surprises – “no beer, only cider”, and cold cooked food. | It’s no doubt misguided to be hoping that recent hot weather will reappear again, but when it comes to planning meals, what is good on a hot, hot day? A quick poll on the food desk throws up some obvious answers – tomatoes, ice-cream – and some surprises – “no beer, only cider”, and cold cooked food. |
| Tomatoes are as reliably satisfying as they are predictable for a sunshine spread: Rachel Roddy’s bursting cherry toms stirred through pasta are an ode to the last throes of the Italian summer, and ready in 15 minutes. Olia Hercules’s fried tomatoes with cheese, garlic and herbs are ready in less, and all the better for it. But if even 5 minutes on the hob is unthinkable, I’d opt for this Nuno Mendes salad – lots of herbs, lots of berries, very ripe tomatoes. The cold, cooked food idea works when a salad feels too flimsy, in the way that leftover pizza makes for an excellent breakfast and anything lukewarm tastes perfect when you’re eating it outdoors. We’ve a particular penchant right now for easy beans – Greek-style gigantes in tomato sauce (Food52 has the goods here), Roddy’s chickpeas and chard or her white beans and wilted greens – served the day after, with a drizzle of olive oil, a pinch of salt and a squeeze of lemon. | Tomatoes are as reliably satisfying as they are predictable for a sunshine spread: Rachel Roddy’s bursting cherry toms stirred through pasta are an ode to the last throes of the Italian summer, and ready in 15 minutes. Olia Hercules’s fried tomatoes with cheese, garlic and herbs are ready in less, and all the better for it. But if even 5 minutes on the hob is unthinkable, I’d opt for this Nuno Mendes salad – lots of herbs, lots of berries, very ripe tomatoes. The cold, cooked food idea works when a salad feels too flimsy, in the way that leftover pizza makes for an excellent breakfast and anything lukewarm tastes perfect when you’re eating it outdoors. We’ve a particular penchant right now for easy beans – Greek-style gigantes in tomato sauce (Food52 has the goods here), Roddy’s chickpeas and chard or her white beans and wilted greens – served the day after, with a drizzle of olive oil, a pinch of salt and a squeeze of lemon. |
| As for drinks, whether it’s with cider, beer or bubbles, the consensus was the need for salt: Felicity Cloake’s cheese straws, MizPepperpot’s anchovy, cheese and pinenut biscuits or Jack Monroe’s savoury anchovy toasts will do you well. Ottolenghi does a mean roasted almond – with lemon and sage – and then there’s Hugh Fearnley Whittingstall’s pissaladière – garlic, onions, anchovies, capers; bliss. | As for drinks, whether it’s with cider, beer or bubbles, the consensus was the need for salt: Felicity Cloake’s cheese straws, MizPepperpot’s anchovy, cheese and pinenut biscuits or Jack Monroe’s savoury anchovy toasts will do you well. Ottolenghi does a mean roasted almond – with lemon and sage – and then there’s Hugh Fearnley Whittingstall’s pissaladière – garlic, onions, anchovies, capers; bliss. |
| The kind of weather many [but not all!] of us have been having in the UK this week though does basically call for just one thing: ice-cream. Although not necessarily of the homemade variety, which involves more effort than a lazy day or a hot evening can be bothered with. For shopbought ice-cream hacks, there’s Ottolenghi’s beauty of a chocolate sauce – two ingredients only – and his even simpler raspberry bash. Food52’s convenient 16 Ways to Fancy Up Store-Bought Ice-Cream – all espresso shots, toasted cake and heated honey, sandwiches, floats and melting marshmallows – though is a fittingly go-all-out, throwing-caution-to-the-wind approach to what might just be your last chance at eating in the sun. | The kind of weather many [but not all!] of us have been having in the UK this week though does basically call for just one thing: ice-cream. Although not necessarily of the homemade variety, which involves more effort than a lazy day or a hot evening can be bothered with. For shopbought ice-cream hacks, there’s Ottolenghi’s beauty of a chocolate sauce – two ingredients only – and his even simpler raspberry bash. Food52’s convenient 16 Ways to Fancy Up Store-Bought Ice-Cream – all espresso shots, toasted cake and heated honey, sandwiches, floats and melting marshmallows – though is a fittingly go-all-out, throwing-caution-to-the-wind approach to what might just be your last chance at eating in the sun. |
| Anything grab your fancy? What have you got planned for dinner? | Anything grab your fancy? What have you got planned for dinner? |
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| Your perspectives on gentrification | Your perspectives on gentrification |
| Some of you are getting stuck into the question we posed earlier – can gentrification be a good thing? | Some of you are getting stuck into the question we posed earlier – can gentrification be a good thing? |
| Living in a gentrified place (and indeed having contributed by building what turned out to be the anchor building) I find it a double-edged thing. | Living in a gentrified place (and indeed having contributed by building what turned out to be the anchor building) I find it a double-edged thing. |
| My social ilk does not really life here now - individualists, leftfield and such. Fewer designers, small businesses, development consultants etc. So it's made me a bit isolated amongst a sea of corporate heterormativity. | My social ilk does not really life here now - individualists, leftfield and such. Fewer designers, small businesses, development consultants etc. So it's made me a bit isolated amongst a sea of corporate heterormativity. |
| Cycling through the first district I lived in a decade ago yesterday, I'm amazed how much it's changed. It's well located but quite urban. A decade ago we were a socially mixed group of people about town doing our projects and going to evening classes and running social groups and such. | Cycling through the first district I lived in a decade ago yesterday, I'm amazed how much it's changed. It's well located but quite urban. A decade ago we were a socially mixed group of people about town doing our projects and going to evening classes and running social groups and such. |
| Now it's a sea of new apartments (plus renovation of the rest), families, nurseries, ice cream parlours, Luxembourg car plates on overly large vehicles...... | Now it's a sea of new apartments (plus renovation of the rest), families, nurseries, ice cream parlours, Luxembourg car plates on overly large vehicles...... |
| Gentrification - aka a nice way of ripping people off. If you don't mind paying 7 euros for museli in a Kilner jar with a Kumquat on top then fine. That, along with "vintage" is all you need to know. | Gentrification - aka a nice way of ripping people off. If you don't mind paying 7 euros for museli in a Kilner jar with a Kumquat on top then fine. That, along with "vintage" is all you need to know. |
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| Mobile phone use by motorists is on the rise | Mobile phone use by motorists is on the rise |
| Rachel Obordo | Rachel Obordo |
| It will come as no surprise to most road users that according to a survey by the RAC, 31% of motorists admitted to using a handheld phone behind the wheel compared with 8% in 2014. | It will come as no surprise to most road users that according to a survey by the RAC, 31% of motorists admitted to using a handheld phone behind the wheel compared with 8% in 2014. |
| 7% of those who admitted using a mobile while driving said they did it because they knew they would get away with it. | 7% of those who admitted using a mobile while driving said they did it because they knew they would get away with it. |
| In an article published earlier this week, RAC road safety spokesman Pete Williams said: “It is alarming to see that some drivers have clearly relaxed their attitudes to the risks associated with this behaviour but more worrying is the increase in the percentage of motorists who actually admit to using a handheld device when driving. | In an article published earlier this week, RAC road safety spokesman Pete Williams said: “It is alarming to see that some drivers have clearly relaxed their attitudes to the risks associated with this behaviour but more worrying is the increase in the percentage of motorists who actually admit to using a handheld device when driving. |
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| From the archive – a pre prime-ministerial David Cameron | From the archive – a pre prime-ministerial David Cameron |
| Richard Nelsson | Richard Nelsson |
| After his legacy was again in the spotlight due to him resigning as an MP this week, our archive thought it might be a good idea to have a look at how we saw David Cameron in the run up to his leadership. | After his legacy was again in the spotlight due to him resigning as an MP this week, our archive thought it might be a good idea to have a look at how we saw David Cameron in the run up to his leadership. |
| Schooldays pictures became a common sight on articles about the prime minister. Do we recognise any of those other faces? | Schooldays pictures became a common sight on articles about the prime minister. Do we recognise any of those other faces? |
| This week readers were pretty scathing on his legacy – what do you think? | This week readers were pretty scathing on his legacy – what do you think? |
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| Question of the week: what is the real impact of gentrification? | Question of the week: what is the real impact of gentrification? |
| Mike Herd | Mike Herd |
| Introducing a new series, the editor of Guardian Cities looks at an issue affecting many people around the world. | Introducing a new series, the editor of Guardian Cities looks at an issue affecting many people around the world. |
| One thing we know from working on Guardian Cities is that the issue of urban gentrification is always complicated, and always emotive. Washington DC, subject of this week’s beautiful, highly personal essay by Uzodinma Iweala, is a case in point. | One thing we know from working on Guardian Cities is that the issue of urban gentrification is always complicated, and always emotive. Washington DC, subject of this week’s beautiful, highly personal essay by Uzodinma Iweala, is a case in point. |
| The story of the downtown city’s revival is sometimes expressed glibly as a kind of urban miracle, with “no-go zones” transforming to the height of hip in next to no time. But such statements do nothing to capture the complexity of what’s happening at the heart of the US capital, in terms of racial make-up, human displacement, class divides, and shifting cultural beats. | The story of the downtown city’s revival is sometimes expressed glibly as a kind of urban miracle, with “no-go zones” transforming to the height of hip in next to no time. But such statements do nothing to capture the complexity of what’s happening at the heart of the US capital, in terms of racial make-up, human displacement, class divides, and shifting cultural beats. |
| We have long wanted to understand this changing city better. Uzodinma – DC-born author of the highly acclaimed Beasts of No Nation – has given us that chance, with all the nuances, contradictions and acute social observations this subject demands. | We have long wanted to understand this changing city better. Uzodinma – DC-born author of the highly acclaimed Beasts of No Nation – has given us that chance, with all the nuances, contradictions and acute social observations this subject demands. |
| Guardian Cities is about to kick off a whole week of reporting and discussions on the impact of gentrification on cities around the world. We’d love to hear your experiences of how it has affected you and your city: share your thoughts in the comments below or on Twitter @guardiancities. | Guardian Cities is about to kick off a whole week of reporting and discussions on the impact of gentrification on cities around the world. We’d love to hear your experiences of how it has affected you and your city: share your thoughts in the comments below or on Twitter @guardiancities. |
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