Travelling to my ancestral home in China unearthed tragedy tinged by the climate crisis – it inspired me to write Red Pockets
In Chinese folk religious beliefs, neglected ancestors become hungry ghosts, unleashing misfortune and environmental destruction.
April 28, 2025 • ~5 min
The Living Mountain: why a second world war meditation on nature’s fragility and wonder is still relevant today
Nan Shepherd’s The Living Mountain is a meditation on the Cairngorms. Decades on, its quiet wisdom remains urgent, reminding us how to truly see nature.
March 17, 2025 • ~5 min
The five best non-fiction books of 2024 – according to our experts
From politics to environment, here are five books published in 2024 for all sorts of readers
Dec. 18, 2024 • ~8 min
Five speculative novels that can help to understand our relationship with soil
By looking at how it is represented in works of fiction, we can try to understand how we relate to soil. And through soil, how we relate to the environment more broadly.
Dec. 2, 2024 • ~6 min
Bestselling comic, World Without End, rips the fossil fuel economy apart – and controversially embraces nuclear power
World Without End is a hugely impressive feat, unfolding as a dialogue between its creators.
Nov. 21, 2024 • ~7 min
An 83-year-old short story by Borges portends a bleak future for the internet
Borges imagined an endless library that contained every possible permutation of letters. The truth is out there, but it’s embedded among hoards of lies and gibberish.
Nov. 19, 2024 • ~7 min
The Serviceberry: this Indigenous understanding of nature can help us rethink economics
Robin Wall Kimmerer envisions an economy of gratitude and reciprocity with nature, using the serviceberry tree as a key witness.
Nov. 18, 2024 • ~6 min
Orbital by Samantha Harvey win’s the 2024 Booker prize – a short but powerful story urging us to save the planet
A slim but searing novel about an international group of people living on the International Space Station.
Nov. 13, 2024 • ~7 min
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