Archives for Culture
Review: Suzanne Simard’s Finding the Mother Tree
I was given Suzanne Simard’s Finding the Mother Tree: Uncovering the Wisdom and Intelligence of the Forest by a friend who knows me well. She was undoubtedly thinking of the…
Telling the history of migration is an important step in establishing safe routes for refugees
Last week, with the world’s attention focused on the climate talks in Glasgow, there was yet more tragedy, desperate danger and awful fear in the Channel. At least four refugees…
7 things I’ve learned as a climate activist
I have been active in the climate justice movement for almost seven years to the day. I was part of environmental campaigns at college, but it really started for me…
A new wave of climate fiction could help young people’s mental health
It turns out that living in a sci-fi dystopia isn't good for young people's mental health. We've seen this in the news recently, with numerous reports of an increase in…
Book review: The Inside Out of Flies by Erica McAlister
When I was aged 10 or so, I was fascinated by lungfish. This pioneering group that built an evolutionary bridge between sea and land life, survived the extinction of the…
Girls to the front: Feminist City by Leslie Kern
Cities have historically been painted by urban planners and governments as places of opportunity and excitement, where somebody can reshape the trajectory of their life. Positive attributes of cities include…
Breaking Things at Work: An Interview with Gavin Mueller
Our culture editor Harry Holmes interviews Gavin Mueller, author of the newly released Breaking Things at Work from Verso Books. Gavin Mueller is a lecturer in New Media and Digital…
Degrowth: Resource Guide
Image credit via pasa47 under CC BY Given the worsening climate emergency, many environmentalists on the left are talking about degrowth – a model of economic thinking which rejects the…
David Baddiel’s new book is a missed opportunity to understand antisemitism
David Baddiel’s new book, Jews Don’t Count, captures a lot of the rage and frustration that many British Jews have been feeling in the past few years. His Twitter feed…
The USA and climate change: Resource guide
Joe Biden. Image credit via Gage Skidmore, Creative Commons. After four years of Trump, the benchmark for action on the climate and ecological crisis was low. As a result, many…