Archive - Chris’s Substack

Finding Lights - preorder info

I’ve been putting the finishing touches to my book Finding Lights in a Dark Age with the help of the wonderful folks at Chelsea Green (sorry for the…

2 hrs ago •

June 2025

A clown and two romances

A commenter under my last post wrote ‘all eyes on Gaza from now on’.

Jun 23 •

Root and branch

I mentioned the new Root and Branch Collective – described here and here – in my last post and said I planned to write something about it.

Jun 5 •

May 2025

Looking forward...

A little bit more about my forthcoming book Finding Lights in a Dark Age and related things.

May 25 •

Finding Lights in a Dark Age – or, writing ἀποκάλυψις

I’ve all but finished my new book, Finding Lights in a Dark Age: Sharing Land, Work and Craft, which will be out in the autumn.

May 12 •

April 2025

Energy transition: the end of an idea

Pretty much the last nail in the coffin for the idea that there’s going to be a smooth transition out of fossil fuels and into renewables that can…

Apr 26 •

No more heroes: or, seeking strong gods

I recently read N.S.

Apr 15 •

March 2025

Overshoot, meet undershoot

To start with two news snippets.

Mar 28 •

I’m just emerging from intensive book-writing mode.

Mar 18 •

February 2025

To the lifehouse, Part 2

I thought I’d write a follow up to my previous post by way of replying to the various interesting comments it received.

Feb 19 •

To the lifehouse?

Apologies for my silence here – the book-writing has been in overdrive, and I’ve also been trying (with limited success) to keep up with the winter’s…

Feb 13 •

January 2025

Just a brief post to thank readers on my website and on Substack for a bunch of great comments and recommendations under my last post.

Jan 16 •

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