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Skyrocketing rents, a stagnant job market and cuts to social benefits have led to a homelessness crisis in London. For two years, Pete, a low-wage-earning performing artist and poet, has been squatting in empty London commercial buildings – a lifestyle he calls a ‘DIY’ solution to the problem of displacement and limited affordable housing options. In this brief profile, Pete discusses how the privatisation of once-public places robs people of communal space, a trend that is intimately tied to a work culture that robs people of their own private time.
Director: Matt Hopkins
Website: England Your England
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Rituals and celebrations
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Politics and government
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Biography and memoir
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The ancient world
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Engineering
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Architecture
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Work
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Art
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The ancient world
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