Sitting down to write The Land of the Blind, a dark comedy about the war in Afghanistan, I asked…Below is an abridged version of the essay that appeared in The Critic on 1 AprilMay 15May 15
Lessons from a Lost LandWhat we can learn from the experiences of the ancient climate refugees who were some of the first to reach Great Britain & some of the…Aug 18, 20221Aug 18, 20221
Published inThe Startup“War’s Tragedy Is That It Uses Man’s Best to Do Man’s Worst”With the development of autonomous weapons we may avoid what Pastor Harry Emerson Fosdick described as war’s greatest tragedy, but will…Feb 21, 2021Feb 21, 2021
Don’t Give Us Any More HopeDislocation of expectation and the problem of hopeDec 24, 2020Dec 24, 2020
Published inArc DigitalNo More SuperheroesWe are the ones we’ve been waiting forNov 1, 20201Nov 1, 20201
Published inArc DigitalWhen You Should Just Follow Orders — And When You Shouldn’tHow philosophy helps a soldier wrestle with ethical questions, and how it can help everyoneApr 9, 2019Apr 9, 2019
Why Write About War? Leeds Arts & Humanities Research Institute Event, Wednesday 13 March 2019David Foster Wallace suggests; “Good fiction’s job is to comfort the disturbed and disturb the comfortable.” In The Sense of an Ending…Mar 14, 2019Mar 14, 2019
