This story is an extract from our new collection of 23 modern folk tales for troubling times There was a knock at the door... which is available now in print and as an e-book: Direct from The Real Press: There was a knock at the door... And from major online book...
“Stories are one of the most ancient and most effective ways of making sense of the world,” wrote Philip Pullman in his foreword to There was a knock at the door... our collection of 23 modern folk tales for troubling times. It launched our initiative to promote...
It is a peculiar aspect of the Southern Rail fiasco that so many of their staff and managers, at least the ones I come across, are not just extraordinarily patient – they are also very nice people. I can’t say I have actually met the chief executive, Charles Horton –...
The decision by the Wallonia regional government to refuse to sign up to CETA has been greeted by a fascinating set of reactions. They range from 'hooray, it's David and Goliath' to 'obscure region blocks necessary trade deal for socialistic reasons'. The...
Sometimes things are clear but we feel as if we can't do much about them. And sometimes things become clear and it is evident that we can do something about them. We're in that position with the role of Parliament in the negotiations to leave the European Union....
We are the life we seek ‘out there’. Nobody suggests we could live there, but new excitement about potential life on Jupiter’s watery moon Europa, is a reminder of the damage we’re doing to the life beneath our feet and what we might do to take better care of it. This...
This pamphlet looks at how the UK is unprepared for a new era of crises and disasters. To illuminate the national predicament we look at lessons from recent history, and what we can learn, often from countries in the Global South, about the kind of local planning required and resources needed to be ready for when storms and other disasters strike near where we live.
