The breadline runs through the middle of the Kallio district of Helsinki. On Wednesdays and Fridays, when the Hursti Charitable Association’s regular food distributions take place, queues build up along the pavement of Helsinginkatu all morning. Once a month, there is a special distribution for students.
The dark shapes ahead are islands. Beyond them the sea shines and the sky seems a soft reflection of its light, and beyond both of these, the faded darkness of the next line of islands. This goes on for hours.
Talking with Ivan Illich’s friend and pupil about his concept of the vernacular.
Keith Kahn Harris and I edited this collection of personal despatches from the events of 2011, the year when it seemed to be ‘kicking off everywhere’.
Published in Despatches From the Invisible Revolution (PediaPress). 1. Rioters smash the windows of banks, the drum beats towards war with Iran, protests fuelled by social media take over the streets…
In my last year in London, I gave this talk at the TEDx event at the Roundhouse.
Talking with the author of The Spell of the Sensuous and Becoming Animal.
Published in Dark Mountain: Issue 2. I am retracing my steps, trying to work out where I last saw it. In the north of Moscow, there is a park called VDNKh. It was…
A conversation with the philosopher and ecologist, author of The Spell of the Sensuous and Becoming Animal.
A blog post from 2010, written the day I relaunched my old personal website.
