Leo Hollis

Leo Hollis is an editor at Verso and the author of Cities Are Good For You: The Genius of the Metropolis, London Rising: The Men Who Made Modern London (published in the U.K. as The Phoenix: St Paul's Cathedral and the Men Who Made Modern London) and The Stones of London: A History in Twelve Buildings. He lives in West Hampstead, U.K.

Big Data Is Watching

Freedom of Information

As the NSA scandal shows, data is being collected on every aspect of our lives. This can be used to improve our experience, particularly in cities, or it can be a way to strip us of our privacy. Leo Hollis, the author of Cities Are Good for You, warns us of the good and the bad.

Leo Hollis