Triffids walk again: why do we love man-eating plants? (BBC News)

A new television adaptation is being made of The Day of the Triffids, but why are we still prepared to believe in a post-apocalyptic world roamed by flesh-eating semi-sentient plants? And do we have a love affair with fictionalised destruction?

Our long love affair with man-eating plants (BBC News)

With a new Day of the Triffids adaptation coming, why are we still prepared to believe in a post-apocalyptic world roamed by flesh-eating semi-sentient plants?

Noble Savage myth covers up truth (The Edmond Sun)

The late Joseph Campbell maintained that civilizations are not based on science, but on myth. “Aspiration,” Campbell explained, “is the motivator, builder and transformer of civilization.” Our technological society has been built on Francis Bacon’s myth of the New Atlantis.

A Pioneer's Life Richly Rendered (Gay City News)

Edward Carpenter at age 43. EDWARDCARPENTERFORUM.ORG When Edward Carpenter (1844-1929) broke free of the stifling world of upper-class Victorian England into which he was born, his rejection of its cosseted, impossibly mannered life was total.

Forest fury (BBC News)

New Forest dwellers fight plans for their future