Dan Hancox
The Guardian
United Kingdom
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Past articles by Dan:
‘Who remembers proper binmen?’ The nostalgia memes that help explain Britain today
The long read: Idealising the past is nothing new, but there is something peculiarly revealing about the way a certain generation of Facebook users look back fondly on tougher times → Read More
Underfunded, rusting and fenced off, Britain’s parks are under attack
They are our last truly public spaces, but the scale of their neglect by this government is becoming clear, says freelance journalist Dan Hancox → Read More
From the archive: Is this the world’s most radical mayor? – podcast
This week, from 2016: When Ada Colau was elected mayor of Barcelona, she became a figurehead of the new leftwing politics sweeping Spain. The question she now faces is a vital one for the left across Europe – can she really put her ideas into practice? → Read More
Revisited: the secret deportations of Chinese merchant sailors
During the second world war, Chinese sailors served alongside their British allies in the merchant navy, heroically keeping supply lines open to the UK. But after the war hundreds of them who had settled in Liverpool suddenly disappeared. Now their children are piecing together the truth → Read More
A British betrayal: the secret deportations of Chinese merchant sailors
During the second world war, Chinese sailors served alongside their British allies in the merchant navy, heroically keeping supply lines open to the UK. But after the war hundreds of them who had settled in Liverpool suddenly disappeared. Now their children are piecing together the truth → Read More
The secret deportations: how Britain betrayed the Chinese men who served the country in the war – podcast
During the second world war, Chinese merchant seamen helped keep Britain fed, fuelled and safe – and many gave their lives doing so. But from late 1945, hundreds of them who had settled in Liverpool suddenly disappeared. Now their children are piecing together the truth → Read More
The secret deportations: how Britain betrayed the Chinese men who served the country in the war
The long read: During the second world war, Chinese merchant seamen helped keep Britain fed, fuelled and safe – and many gave their lives doing so. But from late 1945, hundreds of them who had settled in Liverpool suddenly disappeared. Now their children are piecing together the truth → Read More
The longer Covid goes on for, the more I feel the call of the crowd
Whether it’s at a football match or a gig, most of us need to lose ourselves in a mass of strangers every now and then, says freelance journalist Dan Hancox → Read More
The 2010 student protests were vilified – but their warnings of austerity Britain were proved right
Though the students lost their battle, the lessons of those protests still reverberate today, says freelance journalist Dan Hancox → Read More
The International Brigades by Giles Tremlett review – fighting fascism in Spain
This overarching history of the Brigades who fought in the Spanish civil war is a remarkable collection of testimonies and captivatingly readable → Read More
Property developers may pay lip service to ‘diversity', but they're ruining our cities
The gentrification of London’s Elephant and Castle centre has been fought over for decades. It’s local people who will lose out, says writer Dan Hancox → Read More
Wiley on his final album: 'I need to not let grime die on the way out'
After a tumultuous year, the godfather of grime explains his beef with Drake, Stormzy and ‘England’s golden boy’ Ed Sheeran – then announces his retirement → Read More
The power of crowds
The long read: Even before the pandemic, mass gatherings were under threat from draconian laws and corporate seizure of public space. Yet history shows that the crowd always finds a way to return → Read More
The ‘street food’ swindle: fake diversity, privatised space – and such small portions!
Gentrified food halls are the latest culinary phenomenon – but their unstoppable spread has more to do with rents than ramen, says culture writer Dan Hancox → Read More
The case for ... truly taking back control – by reversing the privatisation of our cities
From sparkling water fountains to better waste services and lower drug prices, cities are showing the benefits of remunicipalisation → Read More
Like Piccadilly Circus, but spherical: is east London ready for the MSG Sphere?
The possibility of 24-hour flickering advertising displayed on a giant globe the size of the London Eye has some Stratford residents worried → Read More
Now We Have Your Attention by Jack Shenker review – the politics of the street
The reporter roams a country in crisis in his detailed, important study of radical grassroots activists → Read More
No Logo at 20: have we lost the battle against the total branding of our lives?
Twenty years on from the book that analysed the growing political power of ‘superbrands’ → Read More
Revealed: London parks increasingly privatised over summer months
Exclusive figures show extent to which London councils are using parks for ticketed music festivals such as Wireless to plug budget gaps → Read More
At last, the Labour party is being led from the bottom up
The green new deal, the four-day week … the party is currently energised because under Corbyn it is listening to campaigners, says journalist and author Dan Hancox → Read More