Selected Publications

A selection of, mostly non-fiction, published writing

Dark Mountain

‘A Still Becharmed Panic’, Review of Strandings: Confessions of a Whale Scavenger by Peter Riley, published July, 2022

‘The Raw, the Cooked and the Hydrolysed: The cultural ecology of ultra-processed food’, Essay, published July, 2023

‘Land-Slip’, creative non-fiction, Dark Mountain Issue 25 , Published April 2024

Stir to Action Magazine

‘Making the Shocks Count’, Review of Saving Ourselves: From Climate Shocks to Climate Action by Dana R Fisher, published October 2024

‘The Shadow Economy’, Review of Dirty Work: Essential Jobs and the Hidden Toll of Inequality by Eyal Press, published January, 2023

Selected Writings for Matter Out of Place (MOOP)

I am currently one of the editors at Matter Out of Place (MOOP), a RISO-printed magazine published by Chasing Cow Productions since 2020 (8 issues).

“There is an animal called the beaver”, Entanglements with a confounding castorid, Natural History Essay, MOOP#8, Summer 2023

‘Peril on the Production Line’, Cinema and the Procession of Production, Essay, MOOP#7, Summer 2022

‘Beasts of the Devon Wilds’, Exploring the ghosts that haunt our landscape, Natural History Essay, MOOP#5, Summer 2021

‘What Do Rich People Do All Day?’ A Look at Nicole Holofcener's and John Cheever's Dissections of the American Bourgeoisie, Essay, MOOP#4, Spring 2021

‘Why is cinema obsessed with skeuomorphs?’, NB, MOOP #3, Winter 2021

Other

‘A creative account of a visit to the Wild Heart’ Blog post for the Borders Forest Trust, published August, 2022

‘Rosehip, nettle and moonshine bright’ A local arts group’s retelling of Dorset folklore, article for the Beaminster Team News Magazine, 2021 (Co-authored with Grace Crabtree)

Miniature of a beaver and hunter from a bestiary, 13th century. 
British Library [enhanced and coloured] 
License: Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0)