the death and life of American cities  

In the wake of Tory Frontbencher and popular culture trendoid, Chris Grayling’s recent comparison of Britain’s inner cities to  The Wire’s depiction of Baltimore – and the subsequent hoaxing of an irate Baltimore Mayor’s reposnse by  a Labour blogger – it was interesting  to hear the  creator of the series, David Simon, talk in Edinburgh recently about his own [...] ...