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• New arrangements for insurance against flood risk (Choice, 2014)
• Bringing life back to Britain's High Streets (Choice, 2013)
• Up against the planning system (Choice, 2011)
• Looking after our rivers and waterways (Choice, 2011)
• The jobs of the future will be green (World of Work, 2010). Also in French and Spanish
• Local shopping - communities fight back. Linked stories: Fighting off the megastores and Shopping at Farmers' markets. (Choice, 2010)
• Call centres: time to get your own back (Choice, 2009)
• Bartering with your time: time banks in Britain (Choice, 2008)
• On track: how communities are working to defend their rail services (Choice, 2008)
• Pensions change benefits unmarried partners (Observer, 2008)
• London blind ramblers (Choice, 2008)
• Looking after Britain's landscapes (Choice, 2007)
• Britain's charities need charity trustees (Choice, 2007)
• Your identity - left on your front step (The Observer, 2007)
• German companies take the lead in turning European (Financial Times, 2006)
• The Network for Social Change: philanthropy the collective way (Financial Times, 2006)
• How to get your money to Spain (The Observer, 2006)
• RFID tracking works even from beyond the grave (Financial Times, 2006)
• Leylandii... and other problems with the neighbours (Choice, 2006)
• The task and travail of buying train tickets (The Observer, 2006)
• Left hanging on the line as call centres prioritise the wealthy (Mail on Sunday, 2006)
• Invasion of the privacy snatchers: RFID and employee surveillance (Financial Times, 2006)
• Cross-border philanthropy: giving to good causes in other countries (Financial Times, 2005)
• The long wait for compensation for refugees of Nazi Austria (The Observer, 2005)
• Building houses with straw bales (The Observer, 2005)
• Changing times for Britain's funeral businesses (Financial Times, 2005)
• Car clubs - how sharing vehicles can save money (The Observer, 2005)
• Income tax: can pay, won't pay (The Observer, 2005)
• The bank that is trying to become a 'European Company' (Financial Times, 2005)
• Email scam targets holocaust victims' bank accounts (The Observer, 2005)
• Venture philanthropy - the UK experience (Financial Times, 2004)
• Mobile phone insurance - it's a steal? (The Observer, 2004)
• The Funding Network: supporting good causes the collaborative way (The Observer, 2004)
• The 'conscientious objectors' who withhold their income tax (The Observer, 2003) See also more recent article above.
• Using the Data Protection Act for consumer rights (The Observer, 2003)
• Financial protection for UK credit unions (The Observer, 2002)
• Woodland burials (Choice, 2002)
• Insurance holocaust claims (The Observer, 2002)
• Trying to save the Robin Hood pub (The Observer, 2001)
• Doing without a car (The Observer, 2001)
• Buying on-line — protection for UK consumers (Choice, 2001)
• How to find an environmentally friendly mortgage (The Observer, 2000)
• Staying green from the cradle to the grave (The Observer, 2000)
• A new currency in south London: the arrival of 'time money' in Lewisham (The Observer, 2000)
• Is 'Philanthropy' still in the Dictionary? (The Observer, 1999)
• Car sharers save money - but can they agree about furry dice? (The Observer, 1996)
• The rich who want to give their wealth away (The Independent, 1994)