Essays

Cheese is Good to Think With

The Camembert crisis and the work of regrowing a living culture

Apr 25 •

The Hand Made Web

Or, "How I Stopped Worrying & Learned to Love the AI Apocalypse" (sort of...)

Mar 7 •

Helpless Growth

On farming, GDP and the cultural logic of progress

Feb 19 •

These Magic Mirrors

On sharing words with strangers over the internet

Feb 14 •

Making Bad Ruins (or, How Not to Do It)

How We Make Good Ruins – Part 1

Nov 1, 2023 •

What Happened in the Cathedral

Into the Deep – Part 3

Oct 11, 2023 •

Stranger Friends

Into the Deep - Part 2

Sep 20, 2023 •

The Ruined Church

Into the Deep - Part 1

Sep 6, 2023 •

Pockets: A Story for Alan Garner

While I’m away from my desk for the summer, I’m taking the chance to share some older essays – and this is the second part of a mini-series picking up…

Jul 19, 2023 •

Death and the Mountain

John Berger's enduring sense of hope

Jul 12, 2023 •

There Are Signs

How we got to Patmos and what I learned on the journey

Jun 28, 2023 •

A Place Where Magic Could Happen

On creating a festival that felt like church

May 23, 2023 •

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