After the riots: the Hackney worker teaching young men to be ambitious
Youth worker Emeka Egbuonu’s book has much to teach policymakers following the riots, writes Rachel Williams
Young people
Panel examining the riots lacks independence and teeth
To ensure the avoidance of politically expedient explanations, a public inquiry into the unrest should have been established, says Patrick Vernon
Will the National Citizen Service stop young people rioting?
David Cameron says the scheme will restore values, responsibility and self-discipline. Its critics say it is too expensive and will not help disaffected youngsters
What caused the Hackney riots? A local teacher speaks out
“You could see it coming…the kids don’t feel like they’re part of anything, they don’t feel they’re being heard”
Hackney riots: ‘The message when youth clubs close is that no one cares’
Half the borough’s children live in poverty. Missing, too, are the summer courses that kept minds and hands busy
What caused the Hackney riots? Local residents speak out
“These teenagers have got nothing better to do… they think that they’re well hard”
UK riots: don’t shut these kids out now
Put the shutters up on the shops, but not in our minds. A punitive and condemning reaction simply mirrors the alienation so many already experience
Young Londoners still don’t feel police are on their side
Boris Johnson has given youth violence a high profile, but needs to ask whether stop-and-search does more harm than good
Every parent’s worst nightmare: how ketamine killed our daughter
Bright, popular, rebellious and creative, 21-year-old Louise Cattell had everything to live for. Then she made a fatal mistake. She took the party drug ketamine and was found dead in the bath by her flatmate. There are 125,000 other ketamine users in the UK. Louise’s parents want to make sure it nev
Hipsters are agents of social change
The ranks of the skinny-jeaned get endlessly knocked – but I’m grateful for their part in making the lives of gay people easier