A review of two books about the Anthropocene by Christian Schwägerl and Gaia Vince.
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The Predicament
What does art do when the world is on fire? This was the question that framed the Dark Mountain Workshop project.
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A Journey Begins
This October, as the leaves gather in the gutters of Stockholm, a gang of artists, writers, performers and theatre makers will set off on a journey.
A piece of political science fiction, imagining what it would take for Jeremy Corbyn to make a success of his leadership.
In which I sketch out a set of ideas about the logic of the commons, prompted by conversations in a seminar at the Gothenburg School of Design & Crafts.
Few things I’ve written have been more widely read than this blogpost from the morning after the UK general election of 2015.
On the history of grand projects to categorise the world – and how we end up with the Internet of Toilets.
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Let’s Get This Party Started!
A short story written for 28 Days, a one-off newspaper published during the UK general election campaign of 2015.
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The Shield of Perseus
An essay about the role of literature under the shadow of climate change, commissioned by the Free Word Centre, London.
A review of two books that grew out of conversations among the friends and collaborators of Ivan Illich: Grassroots Postmodernism by Gustavo Esteva and Madhu Suri Prakash, and The Future of Development: A Radical Manifesto by Gustavo Esteva, Salvatore Babones and Philipp Babcicky.