How to Deal With ‘The Nazi Philosopher Martin Heidegger’ When Writing for a General Audience
A short essay based on my experience as an editor at Dark Mountain.
When the Maps Run Out
A letter I sent to readers of Crossed Lines, three days after the election of Donald Trump
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.
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.
We Are the Only Species We Have the Option of Being: A Conversation With Anne Tagonist
Talking about collapse writing, online and in fiction.
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.
End of an Epoch?
A review of two books about the Anthropocene by Christian Schwägerl and Gaia Vince.
The Predicament
What does art do when the world is on fire? This was the question that framed the Dark Mountain Workshop project.
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.
Labour Through the Looking Glass: 15 Early Morning Speculations on the Corbyn Surge
A piece of political science fiction, imagining what it would take for Jeremy Corbyn to make a success of his leadership.
The Friendly Society: On Cooperation, Utopia, Friendship & the Commons
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.
The Only Way Is Down: 18 Thoughts on the UK Election
Few things I’ve written have been more widely read than this blogpost from the morning after the UK general election of 2015.