To every single letter of Deutsche Wohnen & Co. enteignen: For writing a new world by coming repeatedly together.

To Mira: For you, I want to write a new world – and to finally stop writing. Córuś, kocham Cię.

To Grażyna Kusiak: For fostering my light and my shadow. Mamo, dziękuję.

To Lisa Eberle: For the first decade of our friendship, and all the decades to come. For laying this book out with me on the wall of a home that we fought for together.

To Simon Müller: For your owlish wisdom, outlandish humour and a human heart.

To Karsten Buch: For being a lifebuoy and a real friend. For being real. For being.

To Ralf Hoffrogge: For conducting interviews together, and for your amazing honesty and integrity. I am looking forward to reading your book!

To Ika Haug, Kalle Kunkel and Bella Rogner: For always responding to my last-minute questions.

To Jane Tinkler: For being the Senior Prize Manager worth the title. For being by my side through all the struggles.

To Charlotte Collins: For being the ultimate language wizard – and for the fun of playing with words together.

To Gillian Tett: For supporting me as a scholar, a mother, and a King’s Fellow.

To Sharon McCann: For your grace and patience as I was pushing the boundaries of the editorial process.

To Claire Sissen and Gemma Smith: For the magic of turning this book from a Word file into an object!

To Joanna Page: For the dancing conferences we will organise one day!

To Nicky Dawidowski, Judith Weik and Mette Rokus Jamasb from the CRASSH team: For the support with organising the seminars.

To the participants of the Radically Legal seminar at CRASSH: For all your comments. Every single one has helped me.

To Amelia Horgan: For jumping on board at the last moment to help.

To Peter Kadas: For your friendly threats and all the future discussions.

To Jessica Jackson and James Douglas: Let’s make a Riot!

To David Runcimann: For the advice at Fitzbillies.

To Simon Goldhill: For the dinner party I will never forget!

To Matthias Bernt: For the East-Berlin friendship that runs globally.

To Kaspar Metzkow: For double-checking all the details.

To Gosia Zmysłowska: For visualising the better tomorrow.

To Ian Clotworthy: For your pictures – and for your relentless engagement.

To Anna ‘Gabi’ Gabryjelska and Alex Hirszfeld: For trusting the process with me.

To Karim Niangane: For drawing my storms out.

To Surabhi Ranganathan: For the G5, from where it felt easier to see myself achieving this.

To Marcin Szala: For typesetting my luck!

To Max Lewandowski: For the Ryanair serendipity and caring supplementation.

To Kasia Grunt-Mejer, Jacek Grunt-Mejer, Julian Dworak, Ritu Mittal, Artur Burasz and Orlando Sanchez: For hugs and support that came at just the right moments.

To Basia Adamczuk: For being my Polish family in Cambridge.

To Chris Wray: For your hospitality at Fool’s Valley.

To King’s College, Cambridge: For being my intellectual home.

To all the people who danced with me.