Polly Stenham writes for theatre and screen. She shot to fame with the play That Face, which she wrote when she was 19. […]
Polly Stenham supports the Tufton 3Polly Stenham
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Susie Orbach supports the Tufton 3Susie Orbach
Susie Orbach is a psychotherapist, psychoanalyst, writer and social critic and the author of the iconic Fat is the Feminist Issue. […]
Joe Dunthorne Supports the Tufton 3Joe Dunthorne
Joe Dunthorne is a prize-winning Welsh novelist, poet and journalist. […]
Caroline Lucas Supports the Tufton 3Caroline Lucas
Caroline Lucas is the former leader of the Green Party of England and Wales and has been the Member of Parliament (MP) for Brighton Pavilion since 2010. She was re-elected in the 2015, 2017 and 2019 general elections, increasing her majority each time. […]
Ruth Padel supports the Tufton 3Ruth Padel
Ruth Padel is a conservationist, prize-winning poet, novelist, short-story writer, academic and broadcaster. […]
Welcome to SolarpunkShireen Tawil
“UNLESS someone like you cares a whole awful lot, nothing is going to get better. It’s not.” -The Once-ler Rarely do words from children’s books sear themselves into my memory like this warning by the faceless Once-ler in Dr. Seuss’s classic The Lorax. The once-destructive (now regretful) protagonist issues this warning to the […]
Shapes of our fearTessa Hadley
Amitav Ghosh’s book The Great Derangement was published in 2016. It’s a moving polemic, accusing contemporary novelists of failing to find the right forms, or the necessary urgency, in addressing the climate crisis. And it’s a crucial intervention. Which novelist hasn’t been anguished by this widening gap, like a chasm opening under our own […]
What I said to the jury who found me guiltyZappi Taylor
On 22nd July, three rebels were convicted of taking action at the Brazilian Embassy against the ecocidal and genocidal regime of President Bolsonaro. Possible sentences range from a community order to 18 months in prison. This is the address given by one of the rebels, 24 year old Zappi Taylor, to the jury. […]
How to Tell a Story to Save the World 3Toby Litt
This month I’m looking at two of the sacred monsters of Screenwriting Guruhood – Robert McKee (Story) and Blake Snyder (Save the Cat). If you’d like to read what’s gone before, start here; if not, read on. STORY: SUBSTANCE, STRUCTURE, STYLE AND PRINCIPLES OF SCREENWRITING ROBERT MCKEE 1997 Of […]