View from the tree

November 2013, the view from Richard Flint’s tree as unions take action against austerity. Plus ça change.

What’s in a Flint?

The local stone. Sussex is built on. Houses are built from. Hard enough to weather storms. Pebbles rounded by  swash and backwash, year after year. You can hone it to a sharp edge A cutting…

Planting the tree

Here are some photos from 27 September 2012 when a tree was planted for Richard Flint at Sussex University.   Comrades of Richard Flint in front of the tree planted in his honour, including Simon…

Describing Richard

At his funeral we tried to explain why he’d made such an impact on all of us.  Catherine Mayer: 
This isn’t the send-off Richard would have wished. We’ve ignored his instructions. You had to do…

A tree for Richard

A tree will be planted in memory of Richard on 27 September 2012 at Sussex University close to the point where this photo was taken. In the photo Richard is being filmed by TV cameras…