Start the Week Breakage and repair
Feb 16, 2026
Oliver Bullough, investigative journalist on global money laundering; Ece Temulkuran, Turkish writer on displacement and belonging; George Saunders, Booker Prize novelist exploring moral reckoning. They debate moral culpability and denial in a dying oil magnate’s story. They discuss rising unhoming, bureaucratic indignities and how illicit money flows warp communities and property markets.
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Being Unhomed As Shared Condition
- Temelkuran coins 'being unhomed' to describe global polycrises of moral, political and personal displacement.
- She argues this shared unhoming can be a basis for connection rather than division.
The Berlin Visa Queue
- Temelkuran describes standing in a Berlin visa queue beside Somalians, Syrians and Ukrainians.
- She contrasts experienced 'strangers' with newcomers and uses dark humour to make them feel at home in reality.
Address Fear, Don’t Dismiss It
- Temelkuran urges acknowledging fear rather than dismissing it when engaging those who feel unhomed.
- She recommends meeting fear with practical political and emotional language to build connection.
