Lessons from the United States offer warning for UK
In March, Professor Joan C. Williams of the University of California kicked off the 2026 Modern Cockney Festival with an […]
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What does the River Thames mean to you?
Did you know that the River Thames and wind were principal environmental factors in creating Cockneys? Grow Social Capital’s Andy
National PR award for our co-founder Andy Green
Grow Social Capital director and co-founder, Andy Green was recently recognised as one of the country’s leading public relations practitioners
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Join us for ‘A Very English Chat’
We were thrilled to be featured in last Saturday’s edition of The Guardian alongside Caroline Lucas, Kojo Koram and Billy
All the Fun of the (Heritage) Fair!
Next month, we’re off to Leicester in the English East Midlands for the latest Saturday Heritage Fair hosted by our friends
Grow Social Capital at the Fate of Britain Convention
At a time when the UK is divided over use of its own flag, with widening social division and polarisation,
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Grow Social Capital at SxSW
Last week our Andy Green was a guest panellist at South by Southwest in London discussing questions of English identity
‘Social Capital Comms’ – transform your communications and changemaking using social capital
We are privileged to host a special visit to Cardiff of Tristan Claridge, the Australian-based President of the International Social
Why do we need the Dublin Conversations?
This weekend Grow Social Capital will be in Sligo in the Republic of Ireland. We know, we know….it’s a dirty
Modern cockney festival on the BBC News website
A huge ‘Tom Hanks’ to BBC London reporter Adriana Elgueta for spending time with our Andy Green and Saif Osmani
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Celebrating inspiring Cockney Women for International Women’s Day
As we approach International Women’s Day (March 8) today we will be celebrating inspiring Cockney women as part of the
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Can Cockneys change their image? the first Modern Cockney Festival (March 3rd to April 4th)
Wake up call to celebrate Cockney identity; or witness it be airbrushed out of history A wake-up call to Londoners
