As regular readers here will know, I referred to the idea of a “politics of care” quite a lot during 2025, and I have no
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Light is often treated as something sentimental at Christmas. That is a mistake. Light is not decoration. It is understanding, care, energy and life itself.
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Burnout is not a personal failure. It is the result of an economic system that steals time, daylight and energy from our lives. In this
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This is one of a series of posts that will ask what the most pertinent question raised by a prominent influencer of political economy might have been,
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Everything tends towards decay unless energy is applied. That is not ideology, it is physics. In this video, I explore light through the lens of
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Zack Polanski issued a Christmas message yesterday that demanded the country solve the problem of small boats crossing the English Channel. As he pointed out,
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Every economy runs on light. That is not a metaphor – it is physics. Without light, there is no life. Without life, there is no
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To link to the themes in today’s video and the whole Christmas series, this is by Max Richter. It has the title noted above. His
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At Christmas, cultures across the world speak of light returning. This is not theology or astronomy. It is about survival, hope, and responsibility in hard
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