Melissa Kite Melissa Kite

Is there such a thing as a human right to night?

The street lamp as bright as the Dog Star is back to its full glare outside my house

[Photo: Yuliia Blazhuk] 
issue 20 November 2021

The street lamp as bright as the Dog Star is back to its full glare outside my house.

I won a small victory earlier this year when I persuaded the council to fit a shield to one side of it after threatening to throw myself out the window because I couldn’t sleep.

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