Alec Saelens

Bristol and Beyond

A High Price? Bristol and the Global drug trade

Bristol is often seen as a leader in the movement for ethical and sustainable living. At the same time, free parties, raves and recreational drug use are also marks of the city. But how do these scenes interact? Are the ethical implications of drug use considered?

Adam Cantwell-Corn Alec Saelens Alon Aviram
Adam Cantwell-Corn, Alec Saelens and Alon Aviram

City

Making Bristol Housing Unaffordable?

Click to enlarge. Research: Alec Saelens Design: Laurence Ware Social rent Social housing has traditionally been let at low rents, on a secure basis, to...

Alec Saelens
Laurence Ware and Alec Saelens

Reports

Packed and charged audience at Get Heard Bristol West event

Photos: Alfie Lake It was a rammed night at the Malcolm X Centre for the Get Heard Bristol West General Election event. In a broad...

Alec Saelens
Alec Saelens

City

Exclusive: Green fingers and blind spots

Following controversy over use of public money for Green Capital, Alec Saelens and Joe Smith chatted with people concerned, seeking transparency about how the money...

Alec Saelens
Alec Saelens and Joe Smith

Interviews

Watch: The Precariat Charter- Interview with Guy Standing

Professor Guy Standing of the School of Oriental and African Studies (SOAS) spoke to The Bristol Cable about his new book The Precariat Charter and the key issues of a new unstable and precarious workforce.

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Adam Cantwell-Corn and Alec Saelens

City

“We are not allowed a state on the ground, so we create one online.”

The Bristol Cable caught up with 5 Bristolian Kurds to chat about Islamic State, Kurdish communal life, and exile.

Adam Cantwell-Corn Alec Saelens Alon Aviram
Adam Cantwell-Corn, Alec Saelens and Alon Aviram

City

Exclusive: Bristol City Council links to firms working in scandal-plagued Qatar

Photo: Flickr/Habeeb-Mohammed-Abu-Futtaim The Bristol Cable can reveal that Bristol City Council has contracts with two companies that also operate in the scandal-plagued construction sector of...

Adam Cantwell-Corn Alec Saelens Alon Aviram
Adam Cantwell-Corn, Alec Saelens and Alon Aviram

Edition 1

An Investigation: Bristol’s Catering Sector

Coordinated by Adam Cantwell-Corn. Contributions by Alon Aviram, Alec Saelens, Ricardo Grande and Rebecca Miller. Photography: Alfie Lake. Graphic design: Laurence Ware. Many people have...

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Adam Cantwell-Corn, Alec Saelens and Alon Aviram

City

Fifth Capital’s Carriageworks redevelopment: “a degree smoke and mirrors.”

A planning proposal to be submitted this autumn by property developer Fifth Capital could kick-start the redevelopment of the long derelict Westmoreland House and Carriageworks...

Adam Cantwell-Corn Alec Saelens Alon Aviram
Adam Cantwell-Corn, Alec Saelens and Alon Aviram
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