Linkdump: perspectives on the London riots

In the rough chronological order in which they appeared (all links open in a new window):

• "Panic on the streets of London" by Penny Red (via @openculture).
• "There is a context to London's riots that can't be ignored" by Nina Power (via Lara on Facebook).
• "London riots: the underclass lashes out" by Mary Riddell (via Lara on Facebook).
• "Caring costs – but so do riots" by Camila Batmanghelidjh (can't remember how I came across this).
• "The UK riots and language: 'rioter', 'protester' or 'scum'?" by Jon Henley (via @guardianstyle)
• "The riots are a catastrophe" by Owen Jones (via @HeardinLondon).
• "An open letter to David Cameron's parents" by Nathaniel Tapley (can't remember my source either).
  
• "An open letter to those who condemn looting", part one and part two, by Evan Calder Williams (via @illyrica).
• "The moral decay of our society is as bad at the top as the bottom", by Peter Oborne (via @shivmalik1).
• "These riots reveal some unpalatable home truths" by Hari Kunzru.