A series of letters and essays from Dougald Hine. Turning aside from the one big path that was meant to lead to the future, no longer in service to its promises, asking what else is worth doing with the time we have.
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Illich at 100: how shall we gather?
Our first online series of 2026, A Bit More Practice, gets underway today and tomorrow. The Thursday group is now full, but there are some places left for the group that meets on a Friday morning European time.
Alongside preparing for that...
The Great Yellow Hive
Before this post gets under way, Alfie would like to ask if any of you would like to buy a Majblomma? He has been selling these “May Flowers” to raise money for a Swedish charity that supports families in poverty. You can read all about it...
Words Change Things
Today, a new essay, written for ’s festival Words Change Things which runs from Thursday to Sunday this week in Margate. If you’re anywhere near Kent, I recommend getting yourself along!
Book news – I’m closing in on the final pages of the...
Organisations That Matter (2013)
Book News
This lunchtime, I put a full stop on the last chapter of Part III. The pace picks up as the writing goes on, so there should be a full draft of the new book in a month from now.
The latest chapters led me to revisit several...
A Bit More Practice
How will we act on the day the industrial supply chains inevitably fail to deliver on their fantastical promise of an unlimited life? Will we build taller fences and gather our munitions? Or set the table with everything we’ve got left an...
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