Outbreak

The Oil Slick at the recent action against BP sponsorship at the British Museum (Photo: Guy Reece)

As human societies find themselves gripped in the claws of a pandemic, we encounter a cultural crisis which Dark Mountain has been documenting for over a decade. Outbreak is a series of essays and short stories reflecting to on the global event and its aftershocks.

Snails

Salena Godden
8th November, 2022
Writer Salena Godden battles with snails and against the odds creates a jewel garden in the dark hour of the pandemic. Then learns that the voracious creatures were not in fact the enemy but her mysterious allies.
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Going Under

Sharon English
29th July, 2020
Sharon English encounters a 'radiant spirit of the New Year' en route to the Humber River in Canada and contemplates the dark and solitary places we go to in times of descent.
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Howling at the Edge

Tom Walsh
15th June, 2020
As the lockdown eases in many countries, our Outbreak series reflects on the uncertainty and turmoil of a post-pandemic world.  Tom Walsh reports from the cliff edge in California.
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Hecatomb

Harvye Hodja
20th April, 2020
Latest in our 'Outbreak' series of reflections on the current pandemic, Harvye Hodja's modern meditation on mortality
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