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Foragers and farmers: further thoughts on a debate with Tom Murphy
Diverting briefly from my blog cycle about my recent book Finding Lights in a Dark Age, here I’m going to continue my polite discussion with Tom Murphy…
Mar 21
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An arc of future Earth
Continuing my stately progress through my book Finding Lights in a Dark Age, we come next to the Introduction, entitled ‘An Arc of Future Earth’.
Mar 11
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February 2026
Ragnarök revisited
It’s about time I wrote some posts about my recently published book Finding Lights in a Dark Age. There are twelve chapters in the book plus a preface…
Feb 16
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January 2026
By the Rivers of Babylon: debating agrarianism with Tom Murphy
Part of me thinks I should be writing about the US government and its current dramas.
Jan 27
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Paul and George, in the Machine
Happy new(ish) year.
Jan 13
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December 2025
Year's end
I said my next post would cover my discussions with Tom Murphy, but I’m afraid time has caught up with me and I’m going to sign off for the year with…
Dec 22, 2025
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Siren Song: digging into the lure of food ecomodernism
I’ve been having an interesting offline debate recently with physicist Tom Murphy, author of the excellent Do the Math blog.
Dec 7, 2025
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November 2025
Pirates of the latter day: or, lights for a dark age
To coincide with the US publication today of my new book Finding Lights in a Dark Age, I think it’s time to start writing some blog posts about it.
Nov 11, 2025
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October 2025
Words and worship
A brief note here on a topic that’s been in the news lately – namely, the news.
Oct 23, 2025
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Finding Lights in a Dark Age
Published today
Oct 14, 2025
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My constituents are ... leaving town
I’ve shared platforms with Westminster parliamentarians twice in the last few months, and more than that in the last few years, who’ve been dismissive…
Oct 8, 2025
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September 2025
In common
It’s time for me to break my silence here – thanks for keeping the discussion going in my absence.
Sep 28, 2025
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