RUINS Ozymandias by Percy Bysshe Shelley Percy Shelley's "Ozymandias"I met a traveller from an antique land Who said: Two vast and...

I think Samuel Palmer is something of a neglected and underrated figure, certainly in critical circles. He has a revelatory visual...

Song of the earth One of the dominant trends of our time: the multiplication of specialists and the paucity of generalists and, with...

Fact, Value and Political Ideology: Competing Political Models on Climate I’ve gathered some statements I’ve received from ‘libertarians’...

Green economics is about sustainability. Such is the claim. I worry that the discussion of clean energy and energy infrastructures...

The Scream Piercing Through Nature An ever growing body of research is pointing to the catastrophic consequences of global heating for...

The Game of Life Response to Stefania Franchini’s Chess Applied to Feminism June 2013 Critical notes on Chess applied to feminism - The...

New book out in March. Scientists, Experts, and Civic Engagement Walking a Fine Line 166 pages Binding: Hardback Other editions:...

The Shadow of the Future – Witness against the Beast 2013 I begin by counting yet another white swan. In The Guardian of 9 March 2013,...

Eco-catastrophe in the oceans February 2013 The seas have been at crisis point for some time. The continued exploitation of the seas has...

THE NEW PATH TO PROSPERITY Cancel the Apocalypse: The New Path to Prosperity by Andrew Simms Books predicting the apocalypse are plenty....

BIOLOGICAL NECESSITY, MORAL CHOICE AND CLIMATE CRISIS It is important for assessments in this regard to be carried out prudently, in...

THE MISSING SCIENCE OF IAN PLIMER Helmer’s attempt to restrict the Judaeo-Christian tradition to matters of the spirit can be compared...

FLOURISH WELL OR ABANDON HOPE In St Helens, Merseyside, UK, the local paper the St Helens Star has been giving extensive coverage to a...

The International Climate Assessment January 2013 US scientists warn of dire effects of global warming. A new report by the International...

PLATO, ART AND ETERNITY According to the philosophy of Spinoza, this would be to see the world ‘under the aspect of eternity’ (sub specie...

THE HOUSE YOU WILL BUILD We return to prophecy. We return to Isaiah. The disappearance of the Ark of the Covenant symbolized the...

PEACE WITH THE CREATOR, PEACE WITH THE CREATION Different roads converging upon the same point I shall preface these words with something...

THE FOG OF DENIAL By themselves epistemological, existential and psychological problems of comprehension make it difficult enough for...

POETRY AND THE MORAL SENSE OF PLACE The impact of global heating is now visible to the senses. In the name of progress, humankind has...