Some years ago, fourteen to be precise, I wrote a book called Authenticity. The subtitle was 'Brands, fakes, spin and the lust for real life', which had a kind of ring to it. I've since written more in a collection of essays called The Age to Come. I was predicting...
Premiere: 7.30pm, Friday, 9 June 2017 The unwinding of Neoliberalism comes under the microscope in this new interactive performance by playwright Sarah Woods and the New Weather Institute’s Andrew Simms, staged for the first time at the opening of the 2 Degrees...
Joint the New Weather Institute at the Hay Festival to get to grips with political upheaval and explore different ways to understand our troubled times THERE WAS A KNOCK AT THE DOOR - CAN MODERN FOLK TALES HELP TO UNDERSTAND THESE TROUBLING TIMES? With Sarah Woods,...
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.
