Crossing the Water
Ben Kilbourne
30th December, 2020
New for the walking series: Ben Kilbourne heads into the Mazatzal Wilderness of central Arizona on the edge of a pandemic.
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.
Watching the World Outside My Door
Rob Carney and Samantha Clark
17th September, 2020
Two penetrating glimpses into the wild world in times of calamity: Rob Carney's juxtaposition of the poetic and the political observing a hawk and squirrel in the US; Samantha Clark's lockdown contemplation of loss and stillness by a loch on a grey day on Orkney.
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.
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.
Dispatches from a Stricken World III
Dawid Juraszek and Michael McLane
1st June, 2020
Latest in our Outbreak series on the global pandemic and its aftershocks, Dawid Jussarak reports from an empty university, in China, Michael McLane from a New Zealand small town
Dispatches from a Stricken World II
Juhi Saklani and Tom Smith
18th May, 2020
This week in the second 'palimpsest' of short pieces for our Outbreak series, Juhi Saklani watches the birds in India; Tom Smith watches history repeat itself in the Czech Republic.
The Art of Survival, Taoism and the Warring States
Charles Hugh Smith
11th May, 2020
Continuing our Outbreak series of reflections on the pandemic with a story by Charles Hugh Smith on in fostering community and flexibility in times of turmoil (from Issue 2)
Dispatches from a Stricken World I
Austin Jepsky and Joanna Pocock
4th May, 2020
New twist on our Outbreak series: a 'palimpsest' of pieces from around the world. Today we hear from Joanna Pocock in London and Austin Jepsky in Pittsburgh, USA
Hecatomb
Harvye Hodja
20th April, 2020
Latest in our 'Outbreak' series of reflections on the current pandemic, Harvye Hodja's modern meditation on mortality
