 Self is a regular contributor to publications including "The Guardian", "Harper's", "The New York Times" and the "London Review of Books".He currently writes a column for the "New Statesman", and over the years he has been a columnist for the "Observer", "The Times", and the "Evening Standard".His columns for "Building Design" on the built environment, and for the "Independent Magazine" on the psychology of place brought him to prominence as a thinker concerned with the politics of urbanism.