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Q&A with Roz DineenLiz Jensen and Natasha Walter

Roz Dineen — Thu, 25 Jul 2024 07:00:56 +0000

Briefly Very Beautiful, set in the near future in a country that is never named as Britain, involves some bold world-building choices. Which of these were the easiest to make, and which the hardest? Those choices were quite straightforward. I was drawing logical conclusions from existing conditions. If this, then this. If fire, then [...]

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LOVING THE WORLD AGAINLiz Jensen

Liz Jensen — Thu, 14 Mar 2024 16:31:49 +0000

Every parent fears losing a child, but when my first son was born I was gripped with an unshakable terror that one day a child of mine would die. Dismissing it wasn’t an option: its hold was too firm. It made me feel lonely and furtive and ashamed, the way awful secrets do. I [...]

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FOLLOW YOUR HEARTBREAK: Q&A with Jeremy LentLiz Jensen

Jeremy Lent — Thu, 05 May 2022 07:00:51 +0000

Jeremy Lent, described by Guardian journalist George Monbiot as “one of the greatest thinkers of our age,” is an author and speaker whose work investigates the underlying causes of our civilization’s existential crisis, and explores pathways toward a life-affirming future. Here he talks to Writers Rebel’s Liz Jensen about his latest book, The Web of [...]

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Read: Iggy Fox’s Defence StatementIggy Fox

Iggy Fox — Fri, 23 Jul 2021 07:06:59 +0000

The wildlife biologist and campaigner Raphael Coleman, known in XR as Iggy Fox, joined Extinction Rebellion as part of the Media and Messaging team in 2018. He was active in XR Youth, a beloved member of the Snowflakes affinity group, and the force behind XR’s iconic Paint The Streets campaigns. When still a zoology student, he [...]

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Read: Finding Meaning in GriefLiz Jensen

Liz Jensen — Thu, 24 Sep 2020 07:04:12 +0000

Liz Jensen gave this speech at the XR event Forfattere gør oprør, which was held in front of Danmarks Radio (DR), the national broadcaster, on the afternoon of 18 September 2020. Grief can do two things. It can shrink your soul – or it can expand it. Most of us here know grief. And if [...]

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