PinnedAlex KlaushoferThe Fragility of Democracy: An essay on our timesPart I: The lessons of authoritarianism·8 min read·Oct 4, 2020--1--1
PinnedAlex KlaushoferThe Fragility of Democracy IV: Fear and hope‘The clumsy system of public gatherings had been long since abandoned; neither Vashti nor her audience stirred from their rooms.’·8 min read·Jan 9, 2021----
Alex KlaushoferSpyless in Tirana: Lessons from AlbaniaIn the spring of 2019 I spent a month in the Albanian capital of Tirana as part of research for a book about European cities. I was halfway…·14 min read·Mar 16, 2024----
Alex KlaushoferThe Trouble with MayorsFor most of my life I’ve held what you could call a child’s view of mayors. The mayor first entered my consciousness through the children’s…9 min read·Feb 19, 2024----
Alex KlaushoferNext month, on February 29th, the father of the 15-minute city is going to give a talk at Oxford…The idea behind the event is clearly to gain support for an experimental scheme that was approved by Oxford County Council in November 2022…8 min read·Jan 18, 2024----
Alex KlaushoferMusicals as soundtracks for the timesContrary to stereotype, musical theatre is not a light art form. Its songs and stories cover the range of human experience, capturing…6 min read·Jan 2, 2024----
Alex KlaushoferOn the rise of eco-authoritarianism: is the Green Movement divided or confused?Little Green Alex, who has lived in me since childhood is an instinctual, inconsistent, non-ideological kind of Green: she gets upset…4 min read·Nov 13, 2023----
Alex KlaushoferSomebody Actually Did SomethingIn fact, quite a lot of people are doing things. Among the minority who have recognised that something is fundamentally wrong and that the…·5 min read·Aug 8, 2023----
Alex KlaushoferThe headlong rush to digital currencyEverybody’s doing it, but nobody’s talking about it …·4 min read·Nov 25, 2022----
Alex KlaushoferSmall steps to resilience: cooking with a hayboxThe summer-just-gone, while volunteering at a green festival, I attended a workshop on haybox cooking. I’d been carrying the image of a…·3 min read·Oct 22, 2022----