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2 Apr 2018

Chris D. Thomas: Inheritors of the Earth - Six Key Ideas (Part 1: Sections I - III)

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I. Extinction isn't the End of the World and Change is the Only Constant Professor Chris D. Thomas is an ecologist and evol...
1 Apr 2018

On Warmheartedness (An Easter Message from the Anti-Christ)

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The twin themes of tenderness and warmheartedness  dominate in Lawrence's late work. In Lady Chatterley's Lover , for exam...
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30 Mar 2018

Two Inconvenient Truths

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Poster by Stanislav Petrov  deviantart.com   I: Habitat Heterogeneity Leads to Greater Biodiversity  According to the ecologis...
26 Mar 2018

On Dead Sparrows and the Great Leap Forward

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Poor Dead Sparrow   Stephen Alexander (2017) I pretty much like all birds (with obvious exceptions, such as the vulture, ostrich...
25 Mar 2018

On Biodiversity in the Anthropocene

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The London Underground Mosquito ( Culex molestus ) When you read reports about global warming, the destruction of the natural worl...
24 Mar 2018

Isn't it Grand! Isn't it Fine! Graham Harman's New Theory of Everything

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(Penguin, 2018) According to Graham Harman, Object-Oriented Ontology (OOO) is first and foremost a form of realism. It is thus a cou...
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23 Mar 2018

Always Pet a Cat When You Encounter One

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The mysterious black cat in my backgarden It would be easy to mock controversial clinical psychologist Jordan Peterson and his 12 Ru...
21 Mar 2018

Lady Chatterley's Orang-Outang

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Oliver Mellors as we might imagine him Although Lady Chatterley's Lover was set in England and not the rainforests of Borneo ...
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20 Mar 2018

Reflections on the Death of a Rhinoceros

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Sudan the rhino (1973 - 2018)  Sudan, the last male northern white rhinoceros, is dead [insert sad face emoji here ]. The 45-yea...
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19 Mar 2018

On the Fall and Rise of British Woodland in the Last Hundred Years

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The Major Oak, Sherwood Forest Photo: FLPA / Rex Features Sir Clifford Chatterley was very proud of the fine (if somewhat melancho...
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