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By Lola Vardigans

Lola Vardigans is a British ex-retail/HR professional and college lecturer who has given up her stilettos for a more creative life. Now a geriatric mum of teenagers, charity fundraiser, writer, blogger and blues festival oganizer, with a passionate interest in popular culture, politics, education, food, theatre, books, opera, music and travel...and all things American.

I woke up this morning to the full horror of last night's horrendous happenings in London, as well as riots in other cities too. As a full time lecturer in Brixton during the riots there thirty years ago, I know and understand well the frustrations of young people w ... Read more...