Monthly Archives: June 2016

What’s the Story to Get to a Better Society?

Posted on June 28, 2016 by jananson

I wanted to write something else about the EU referendum – or rather about one aspect of the consequences now unfolding at dizzying speed. How, though, to make that relevant to the focus of this blog? Well, when you stand … Continue reading →

Posted in Politics, science fiction | Tagged EU referendum, Greece, Jeremy Corbyn, Labour Party, News from Nowhere, radical left, SYRIZA, UK, utopia, William Morris | 2 Comments

Like a Slow-Motion Car Crash

Posted on June 20, 2016 by jananson

I’ve sometimes wondered what it must be like to live in a time when you can see that your society is wilfully racing towards political disaster – war, say, or violent revolution, or fascist supremacy – and no appeal either … Continue reading →

Posted in Politics, science fiction | Tagged Christopher Priest, dystopia, EU referendum, evolution, Fugue for a Darkening Island, migrants, Polly Toynbee, right-wing, science fiction, Stephen Baxter | 4 Comments

Richard Kerridge’s Cold Blood

Posted on June 4, 2016 by jananson

There are not too many dinosaurs in Britain today, unless you count the birds. And as a kid with my animal books I was underwhelmed by the slender list of living reptiles this country boasts: three kinds of snake and … Continue reading →

Posted in Ecology, Memoir | Tagged amphibian, Cold Blood, conservation, nature writing, nostalgia, reptile, Richard Kerridge | Leave a comment

Words of Re-enchantment – by Nimue Brown

Posted on June 3, 2016 by jananson

Originally posted on Druid Life:
Anthony Nanson’s ‘Words of re-enchantment’ is a collection of essays which its subtitle labels as storytelling, myth and ecological desire. I’d go a lot further than this, because it’s a relevant book for anyone wanting…

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