I do think that the legacy of the Norman conquest is still strong in Britain. Our hereditary monarchy, our established church, our ancient county structures, though hollowed out in many ways, are a direct result of what happened in 1066.
I’m increasingly attracted by the idea that there can be at least small pockets where life and character and beauty and meaning continue. If I could … - Paul Kingsnorth
I’m increasingly attracted by the idea that there can be at least small pockets where life and character and beauty and meaning continue. If I could …
- Paul Kingsnorth
Hope, like despair, is something of a distraction: it gets in the way of a clear view of the horizon. - Paul Kingsnorth
Hope, like despair, is something of a distraction: it gets in the way of a clear view of the horizon.
What does interest me is how difficult my culture seems to find it to look the dark side of life directly in the eye. It seems to me that if we look … - Paul Kingsnorth
What does interest me is how difficult my culture seems to find it to look the dark side of life directly in the eye. It seems to me that if we look …
In most novels, the landscape, or the place, in which the story takes part is simply a backdrop to the human action. - Paul Kingsnorth
In most novels, the landscape, or the place, in which the story takes part is simply a backdrop to the human action.
We like to think that the fate of the Earth and the fate of human worlds are the same thing, but we're not as important as that. - Paul Kingsnorth
We like to think that the fate of the Earth and the fate of human worlds are the same thing, but we're not as important as that.
A man hears what he wants to hear, and disregards the rest. I think that kind of thing is an abuse of history. - Paul Kingsnorth
A man hears what he wants to hear, and disregards the rest. I think that kind of thing is an abuse of history.
We enjoy telling ourselves that we will soon be gods, masters of the planet, manipulating the genes of living creatures and rebuilding the world at a… - Paul Kingsnorth
We enjoy telling ourselves that we will soon be gods, masters of the planet, manipulating the genes of living creatures and rebuilding the world at a…
The world we are in today is likely to end catastrophically, as many other human worlds have done before. - Paul Kingsnorth
The world we are in today is likely to end catastrophically, as many other human worlds have done before.
Еhere's no doubt at all that the Norman conquest led to the hugely concentrated land ownership patterns that we still see in Britain today. Some of B… - Paul Kingsnorth
Еhere's no doubt at all that the Norman conquest led to the hugely concentrated land ownership patterns that we still see in Britain today. Some of B…
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