New episode! On @intelligence2.bsky.social, I spoke with Simon Jenkins about why he wrote this new short history of America, why he hopes for the American experiment’s success, and what Britain might learn from the history of its wayward progeny across the pond. open.spotify.com/episode/4wUY...

(It's a good counter to this sort of creep.)

Tonight! I’m looking forward to speaking with poet Raymond Antrobus about his new memoir, The Quiet Ear, at the Kiln Theatre with @intelligence2.bsky.social. Come by if you can! kilntheatre.com/whats-on/ray...

From this year’s International Booker winner, Heart Lamp by Banu Mushtaq, translated from the Kannada by Deepa Bhasthi.

This book is a very different sort of memoir. It's about an urban environmentalist's research into toxic pollution in the villages of South China, but also about "hungry ghosts," tangled immigration histories, and spiritual debts. And ecological anxiety.

I reviewed Emma Barnett’s new book, Maternity Service, for @theguardian.com: www.theguardian.com/books/2025/m...

New Zero episode! 🎧 travelling back in time with @paulsabin.bsky.social and Reagan-era environmental lawyer Jonathan Lash to better understand what may come in the Trump years ahead www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

New ep! @akshatrathi.bsky.social spoke w/ White House Climate Advisor Ali Zaidi at Bloomberg Green’s COP29 live event in Baku. Zaidi was optimistic, as @pilitaclark.bsky.social shared in the FT’s Swamp Notes (below). Hear the whole conversation now on Zero: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/t...

Somehow fitting that a review considering stories of internet cretins should get a single, anonymous creature-of-the-internet-style comment (from a friendly internet cretin who appreciates a reluctant takedown?). Thanks, Billy Whizz! My review: on.ft.com/4fu7S7H

On the latest episode of Zero, @akshatrathi.bsky.social speaks with @rokhanna.bsky.social about what direction US climate and energy policy might take under President Trump. 🎧 How Can Democrats Keep Climate Action Alive When Trump Returns www.bloomberg.com/news/article...