By: Paul Dicken, 2 minutes
Entrenched gender inequality in farming is slowly changing, but it is underrepresented and little researched change. Photographer Amy Bullock has embarked on a thought-provoking portrait series to find England’s female farmers…Read More
The Modern Classic by Rachel Carson was pivotal in changing society’s approach to nature management. Paul Dicken wonders how much it informed his earliest ideas about farming, unknown to him…Read More
By: Paul Dicken, 3 minutes
It’s been dubbed a Cinderella habitat, an undervalued, forgotten part of our world, full of hidden wonders and potential. Why peatland is worth saving…Read More
The Carbon Disclosure Project is a longstanding tool to support cities and corporations in measuring and reducing their negative environmental impact. As a supplier of words to Arm, the world's leading technology provider of processor IP, Stranger Collective has joined these efforts. What did we learn? Read More
By: Paul Dicken, 6 minutes
Folk musician Angeline Morrison is getting ready to record a new body of British folk song: a powerful and evocative telling of black British history. The project and its title take some of their inspiration from two events in 1903, revealing aspects of our history that have long hidden in plain sight. Read More
For too long we have focused on what we can do with water, how we can use it, profit from it, control it. We spoke to anthropologist Dr Luci Attala about caring for water and relinquishing our imagined control…Read More
Firelight returned to The Boatyard Cafe in Gweek earlier this month, and boy, was it worth the wait.Read More
By: Paul Dicken, 1 minute
Bright and early on 7 October 2021, gathered in a rustic studio overlooking St Ives’ famous Porthmeor beach, we were joined by four inspiring creatives working in different forms and mediums to talk about the sea and what it means to them. Listen to the conversation…Read More
By: Paul Dicken, 4 minutes
What defines early 21st Century travel? That’d be the smartphone, the suitably mobile and truly global technology. What does it mean for travel content?Read More
By: Paul Dicken, 9 minutes
What does it take to change social attitudes to race and end systemic discrimination? It’s a question that took centre stage in 2020. Can black storytelling help build the understanding that true change needs?Read More