
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.


Down the Waterslide
Robert Alcock
6th April, 2020
Latest in our ongoing series on the current pandemic, Robert Alcock writes a darkly humorous tale.

Burying a Robin
Nick Hunt
30th March, 2020
Nick Hunt brings you the third in our series of reflections on the coronavirus pandemic

The Price of Life
Dougald Hine
20th March, 2020
Dark Mountain co-founder Dougald Hine writes about our collective encounter with parental mortality, as the unfolding reality of the Coronavirus pandemic spreads across our lives

Outbreak
Charlotte Du Cann
18th March, 2020
As human societies find themselves gripped in the claws of a pandemic, Charlotte Du Cann explores a myth of regeneration that might make sense of our predicament.