by Arthur Barratt | May 28, 2023 | Planet
Middle Earth is one of the most well-known worlds in fantasy. It’s the setting of The Lord of the Rings and The Hobbit, but what would its climate actually look like? Researchers at the University of Bristol have put together a climate model of J.R.R. Tolkien’s...
by Liseli Thomas | May 26, 2023 | Planet
People tend to read what they see and let’s be honest, our future as a species is not looking particularly good – but maybe part of that is because we think there’s no hope. Social media and the news hardly show the positive actions that are happening to curb...
by Maddy Burgess | May 25, 2023 | Planet
As humans, we often write poetry to help process and make sense of the world around us. Back in the 1800s during the Romantic era, we wrote a lot about how sublime the world was. William Wordworth’s The Prelude is basically a love letter to Earth and nature. However,...
by Shani Lim | May 24, 2023 | Planet
So you want to read about the environment, but you’re bored of reading books about climate change. Here are BLOT’s top 5 environmental thrillers (that aren’t cli-fi) to get you started. The difference between environmental thrillers and cli-fi While...
by Liseli Thomas | May 22, 2023 | longer reads, Planet
Have you ever wondered what happened to the books you don’t pick from the shelves of Waterstones? Well, I did some digging and found out and let’s just say…. it’s not very pretty. Picture this. You’re in your local bookstore, it’s almost midday, so there are a...
