Lived experience, to a point
An article for Index on Censorship (Vol 52, No 3) on what is right and wrong in the idea that we ought to privilege the viewpoints of those with lived experience.
ReadAn article for Index on Censorship (Vol 52, No 3) on what is right and wrong in the idea that we ought to privilege the viewpoints of those with lived experience.
ReadAn article for The Author, the magazine of the Society of Authors, on the myth of sole authorship. (Published Autumn 2023)
ReadI contributed this chapter to the book Cultivated Meat to Secure Our Future: Hope for Animals, Food Security and the Environment, edited by Philip Lymbery and Michel Vandenbosch. Despite the book's title, my chapter is quite sceptical. To the credit of the editors, they still included it.
ReadAn article for the Daily Telegraph on what makes the rich pay so much for artworks.
ReadPhilosopher Julian Baggini, author of How to Think Like a Philosopher, talks to writer and translator Daniel Hahn about conveying big ideas, the importance of broadening audiences for big subjects and the value of simplicity while also holding on to complexity.
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