I wrote a front page story for The Independent about dreams, how the militarised language surrounding the pandemic is creeping into our unconscious, and what we can take from it. Click Here.
Wild Rose – Faith in Nature: February 2020
The wild rose was the first rose, and every rose that exists now is a descendent of that first wild rose… Read the whole thing here
A Gift For Us All – Faith in Nature: December 2019
December is a time of giving and nature gives the greatest gifts of all. Read the whole newsletter here.
Everyone Can Make a Difference – Faith in Nature: November 2019
Did you know there are more than 20,000 kinds of edible plants in the world? That’s more than even the keenest chef could experiment with during World Vegan Month this November. Read the whole newsletter here.
Golden Days and Early Nights – Faith in Nature: October 2019
It happens without warning. Somewhere in the still-green trees, hidden leaves have turned brown. One falls and catches the wind: autumn has begun. Read the whole newsletter here.
Return of the Wild – Faith in Nature: September 2019
Consider the humble blackberry as we drift out of September. While the last of butterflies warm their wings in the sun and harvest moons are promised by the sky above, the bramble is loading up its thorny vines with sweet, black fruits for everyone, everywhere. Read the whole newsletter here.
Guestbook Review in TLS
I’ve got a little review in the latest TLS of artist and writer Leanne Shapton’s Guestbook — a dead spooky collection of ghost stories for the 21st Century. Check it out …
If On A Winter’s Night A Computer ..
I wrote a piece for The Millions about how, in 1979, Italo Calvino predicted the AI author in one of his best-loved novels, and what the reality of that prediction now means for us writers, poets, journalists and translators, Can a machine ever compete in metaphysical matters? What happens to an author’s copyright when a machine learning algorithm “learns” from an author’s work? And what happens when something learns from only “good” works. Click here to read.
Interview With Picturehouse’s Clare Binns
For This Way Up film and cinema conference I interviewed Picturehouse’s joint Managing Director (and powerhouse) Clare Binns about how she worked her way up to the top of cinematic world from being an usher.
Piece for the New Statesman
I spent an unfortunate amount of time on sex doll/bot forums, and somehow I didn’t lose my sense of humour entirely. Here’s the resulting piece I wrote for the New Statesman. CLICK HERE.
