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Review of ‘The Beginning Comes After the End: Notes on a World of Change’ by Rebecca Solnit
Read more: Review of ‘The Beginning Comes After the End: Notes on a World of Change’ by Rebecca SolnitWhen Solnit speaks, the world should listen. Her writing, spanning the years, has echoed with a deep personal voice, rooted in place, as well as optimistic activism. She charts and traces the changes that have transformed society and the world in the past, and reminds us that the power to change the world is within…
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Review of ‘No Straight Road Takes You There’ by Rebecca Solnit
Read more: Review of ‘No Straight Road Takes You There’ by Rebecca Solnit‘With courage nothing is impossible.’ Sir William Hillary, founder of the RNLI. These words of Hillary matched the theme of Solnit’s ‘No Straight Road Takes You There’ so aptly that they seemed like the epigraph. In both cases, saving lives at sea and climate activism, the work of volunteers is vital. Those people who understand…