The remarkable thing is Labour have basically made 'anti-child poverty' and 'climate change' the two core missions or this Government and...
... basically refuse to talk about one or them. Genuinely bizarre.
Slavc continues his walkabout through winter and spring - come find us. Links to tickets in bio
Some important new government policy that Native Americans might be interested in:
"Scientists found wolf bones in a place that wolves could not have reached on their own. Boats, food sharing, and long-term care likely played a role."
The Times and Sunday Times science/environment books of the year are out! By @masudhusain.bsky.social @adamweymouth.bsky.social Tim Gregory Liam Shaw @hannahritchie.bsky.social Suzanne O'Sullivan and Bollore/Bonnassies.
List here (click science/environment)
www.thetimes.com/culture/book...
@adamweymouth.bsky.social reviews How Animals Heal Us by @jay-griffiths.bsky.social, which celebrates our relationship with #animals and the joy they bring.
I’m not sure I’ve ever #read a #book that made me stop more frequently and turn to whoever is in the room to say, “Did you know...?”
Thank you! And what great company to be in
My travel books of the year, including work from @monisharajesh.bsky.social, Lyse Doucet, Norman Lewis, @joannapocock.bsky.social, @adamweymouth.bsky.social & @peteralanross.bsky.social:
deskboundtraveller.com/my-books-of-....
A few weeks ago I went to stay at one of the most hopeful projects I’ve seen in a long time. I’ve written about it for the FT this weekend: www.ft.com/content/ffaa...
If you're up at Kendal for the festival, I'll be speaking with Lee Schofield about Lone Wolf on Sunday morning (not too early) tickets.kendalmountainfestival.com/schedule/68a...
Win a signed copy of Lone Wolf!
We've partnered with author Adam Weymouth to give you the chance to win one of three signed copies of the book, shortlisted for the Baillie Gifford prize (the leading non-fiction prize in the UK). 🐺
Enter here: kwtg.uk/book-comp
I've been working on this piece for months - out today in @observeruk.bsky.social. Britain is now “clearly the worst country in Europe" in how it deals with protest. It's about how it happened and why it threatens our democracy, told through letters from jailed activists. tinyurl.com/5n92yve5
Thrilled to be back at @arvonfoundation.bsky.social next spring, teaching with Sophy Roberts, whose work I love. It's a new format, with 2 extra writing days - more time to really work on something and bring it to frutiton. And the azaleas will be in full bloom...Come! www.arvon.org/writing-cour...
And this: bsky.app/profile/char...
bsky.app/profile/char... Saw this post from Charles Mann the other day.
review of my tiger book by @adamweymouth.bsky.social in New Scientist! "Slaght...is a wonderful guide, his descriptions of this unique landscape bristling with detail & feeling. As I read, I ached to be there, where cliffs forested with Korean pine and oak meet the ocean."
shorturl.at/uY3Yk
iperborea.com/titolo/730/i... Out today in Italian - with this absolutely gorgeous cover by Nicola Magrin
History Today crossword, by me.
New Scientist crossword, by me.
Is there a crossword person in your life? Would you like to get them a unique gift? PERHAPS FOR CHRISTMAS?
Well maybe a bespoke quiz or cryptic crossword would fit the bill, on any theme, of any size, by the author of [counts on fingers] more than 900 published crosswords, i.e. Me. Give me a shout!
Quotation marks doing some heavy lifting here: www.examinerlive.co.uk/news/uk-worl...
US climate activists condemn 18-month jail term for non-violent art museum protestor Timothy Martin
- ‘It’s hard to fathom how a peaceful protester can receive more prison time than many of the Jan 6 insurrectionists’
Story by @ninalakhani.bsky.social
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
My review of Jay Griffiths' hugely entertaining, hugely persuasive 'How Animals Heal Us' in
@resurgencetrust.bsky.social
- alongside with a gorgeous illustration by
@rebeccaclarkart.bsky.social www.resurgence.org/magazine/art...
Very interesting study that suggests the often repeated story - that wolves are losing their fear of humans because we're not hunting them enough - has no basis in fact.
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
Scientists warn escaped farmed salmon could interbreed with wild fish, further endangering Scotland’s fragile populations.
The news is now genuinely indistinguishable from the Onion www.theguardian.com/world/2025/o...
Hi Nerve - are you seeking/ accepting submissions?
Great example from @davidmacdougall.bsky.social of how wolves so easily & frequently bleed into human politics. "The suggestion that Putin is responsible for the upsetting of the natural order...feeds a common Finnish narrative that nothing good comes from Russia."
www.thetimes.com/world/europe...
A question for Times columnist Sebastian Payne:
What is this cheaper source of "energy" that you speak of?
The world's energy experts would like to know…
Suzanne Simard has worked on this - a bit about it towards the end of Mother Tree - I presume there are papers
