This essay on the role of art in modernity and its relationship to the sacred was written for Dark Mountain: Issue 12 – SANCTUM.
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An essay for The Precariat, a one-off newspaper published by the organisers of Planet B festival in Peterborough.
An angry, hopeful reflection written in the days after the UK general election of 2017.
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You Want It Darker
When the regular mechanisms of political narration break down, there is a need for something stranger: liminal writing for liminal times.
A short essay based on my experience as an editor at Dark Mountain.
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When the Maps Run Out
A letter I sent to readers of Crossed Lines, three days after the election of Donald Trump
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Spelling it Out
An essay about the three languages you need to take a project from dreams to reality. Written for Jessie Brennan’s book, Re:development.
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Pockets: A Story for Alan Garner
My contribution to First Light, a collection of writing that celebrates the life and work of the novelist Alan Garner.
Talking about collapse writing, online and in fiction.
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Expectations of Life & Death
What is different today is that living to grow old has become a reasonable expectation, something we can almost take for granted, rather than a matter of luck.