Climate

Mike Gould

The Storm-chasers’ Daughter

When you create a story, the characters take on a life of their own. How many times have we heard this said? But what does it mean? No...

Mike Gould

Do words matter in the climate debate?

Can writing about climate change make a difference or are we just scribbling lines in the water? The power of the writer If there has...

Mike Gould

Learning from The Boss

Bruce Springsteen's brilliant 'Badlands' features these unforgettable lines: Poor man wanna be rich Rich man wanna be king And a king...

Mike Gould

Firing up

Gosh. My last blog post was in July, so something happened, or more accurately didn't happen. How did I become blocked in this my most...

Mike Gould

Unquiet slumbers for a sleepy world

" I lingered round them, under that benign sky; watched the moths fluttering among the heath, and hare-bells; listened to the soft wind...

Mike Gould

A Nightingale sang in a West Sussex park

Writing about nightingales - that's a lot of literary and musical baggage to contend with. But, hey, let's give it a go! So, earlier in...

Mike Gould

It's complicated - when is a forest not a forest?

How 'Wilding' has thrown me off the forest track.

Mike Gould

Bohemian Tragedy

Today: a poem. And a brief apology for the image. All I want to say this week is that I’m embarking on writing another collaborative...

Mike Gould

New stories of the flood

Some thoughts on floods, George Eliot and climate deniers