100,000 dead
On the morning of Sunday 24 January, 97,329 lives had been taken by the COVID-19 pandemic in the UK, according
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Modern Folk Tales
Why faking a volcanic blast to tackle the climate emergency is a really bad idea
In my just published eco-thriller, Skyseed, the untimely eruption of an obscure volcano in Bolivia dooms an illicit programme to
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POWER OUT – the new BBC ‘power & protest’ thriller by New Weather’s Sarah Woods
POWER OUT is a new BBC thriller about power and protest on a dying planet, starring Vinnie Heaven and written
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Plague poems – a creative response to the shock of Covid-19
In response to the shock of COVID-19, 3 friends wrote 33 poems in 3 months: the new volume, Plague Poems,
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Knock Three Times – see our new collection of modern folk tales
Buy it here: Knock Three Times – 28 modern folk tales for a troubled world edited by Andrew Simms and
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‘Das Kapital’ in 60 mins: Sarah Woods’ new BBC Radio play
New Weather’s Sarah Woods adapts Das Kapital for BBC Radio 4, broadcast on the bicentenary of Karl Marx’s birth… LISTEN
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March tale: what would you do, in the cold, cold Winter?
Folk tales often grow from periods of great hardship. The tale of Hansel and Gretel, though first written down
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February’s tale: back with the fairies
‘Back with the fairies’, by David Boyle, charts the strange revival of beliefs in fairies, asks in an age of
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January’s tale: The magician’s house
The magician’s house, by Jan Dean, a chilly hearth-side story for the world we live in about a promise, begins
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One special day – a cautionary Christmas tale
One special day – a cautionary Christmas tale by Bill McGuire is a short, seasonal special for our project on
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