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Almost Invisible AngelsJay Griffiths & Mark Rylance

Jay Griffiths — Wed, 17 Aug 2022 07:00:21 +0000

In Almost Invisible Angels, Jay Griffiths & Sir Mark Rylance speak out in praise of insects. Original score composed & performed by Sam Lee & Anna Phoebe. “They do not take the title of angels, being by nature bashful and unassuming, they go by other names – firefly, bee, ant, caddisfly – I wish that everyone who [...]

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Loss Soup & Other Stories | Nick Hunt

Katie Percival — Fri, 05 Aug 2022 11:31:10 +0000

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InsectsJay Griffiths

Jay Griffiths — Thu, 16 Jun 2022 05:00:38 +0000

Sometimes it is dreams that do it. Sometimes it is facts. So it was with this film. Sometimes, half-waking, an image is given to us, just like a dream-vision. I was on the tricksy sweet edge of sleep, when I saw Tintern Abbey in its woodland home, filled with insect-angels, and the Red Rebels: [...]

A human city burning in the distanceChiara Ambrosio interviews Oliver R. Cheetham

Chiara Ambrosio and Oliver R Cheetham — Thu, 02 Jun 2022 07:00:40 +0000

A conversation between Chiara Ambrosio, co-founder of independent childrens’ book publishing house Child Be Strange, and Oliver R. Cheetham, author of Roger The Elephant. Roger the elephant was a buffalo: Or at least that’s what his parents told him, and he’d never known them to be wrong… Chiara: Your book is about [...]

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Q&A with Margaret AtwoodToby Litt

Margaret Atwood and Toby Litt — Thu, 31 Mar 2022 07:00:48 +0000

This interview took place on Thursday 24th March 2022. The wonderful Margaret Atwood was in London for an event at the Royal Festival Hall, promoting Burning Questions, her new book of essays and occasional pieces. She spoke with Toby Litt, editor of the Writers Rebel website. TL: Thank you for talking to us. [...]

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Running out of timeAna Campos

Ana Campos — Thu, 17 Mar 2022 08:00:56 +0000

Bombs are falling on Kiev in a war whose outcome could bring unimaginable consequences. As if the environmental crisis were not dangerous enough for life on Earth, we must wonder: is humanity incapable of mastering its own demons? We have been blessed with an amazing planet born 4.5 billion years ago; a small fireball [...]

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Notes from Deep Time: A Journey Through Our Past and Future Worlds | Helen Gordon

Katie Percival — Fri, 18 Feb 2022 17:20:22 +0000

[/su_column] ‘A terrific book, especially clarifying on the Anthropocene in context. I loved the especially eye-opening last chapter on the deep future, on the disposal of nuclear waste and the human failing to [...]

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Diver Overview – PoemSebastian Schloessingk

Sebastian Schloessingk — Thu, 10 Feb 2022 08:00:00 +0000

The Great Barrier Reef diver/cameraman ‘cried in my mask’, to see the bleaching. Mankind is beginning to take creaky baby steps towards being able to live forever. Just when there’s no more forever to live in. There is a shock that sidles from the phrase ‘humans were rare,’ as applied to time in [...]

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The Most Important Comic Book on Earth: stories to save the world | Rewriting Extinction

Katie Percival — Tue, 01 Feb 2022 12:17:32 +0000

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