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100,000 dead

24th January 202124th January 2021 Andrew Simms 0 Comments Lockdown, Pandemic, Poetry

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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Why faking a volcanic blast to tackle the climate emergency is a really bad idea

29th September 202029th September 2020 Bill McGuire 0 Comments

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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Blog Modern Folk Tales Rapid Transition 

POWER OUT – the new BBC ‘power & protest’ thriller by New Weather’s Sarah Woods

22nd August 202022nd August 2020 Andrew Simms 0 Comments BBC, energy, environment, power, protest, thriller

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 doctor
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Plague poems – a creative response to the shock of Covid-19

8th August 20208th August 2020 Andrew Simms 1 Comment COVID-19, Pandemic, Poetry

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

28th October 201918th August 2020 Andrew Simms 0 Comments

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

4th May 20184th May 2018 Andrew Simms 3 Comments

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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Blog Modern Folk Tales The Month's Tale 

March tale: what would you do, in the cold, cold Winter?

1st March 2018 Andrew Simms 0 Comments

  Folk tales often grow from periods of great hardship. The tale of Hansel and Gretel, though first written down

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Blog Modern Folk Tales The Month's Tale 

February’s tale: back with the fairies

1st February 20181st February 2018 Andrew Simms 1 Comment

‘Back with the fairies’, by David Boyle, charts the strange revival of beliefs in fairies, asks in an age of

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Blog Modern Folk Tales The Month's Tale 

January’s tale: The magician’s house

1st January 20181st January 2018 Andrew Simms 0 Comments

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

19th December 201719th December 2017 Andrew Simms 0 Comments

One special day – a cautionary Christmas tale by Bill McGuire is a short, seasonal special for our project on

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