No.108, Thursday, 26th. March 2026
Some ten years or so ago I was struck by a thought that seemed to encapsulate everything that was happening in human society, and which furthermore set us onto a trajectory that was as inevitable as it was horrific. We appeared to be on the event horizon of a new era, one that future historians will almost certainly attach a label to in order to make sense of it and to facilitate discussion with their peers and students.
I came to this discovery when studying certain histories, most notably in relation to the circumstances that led to the fall of the Roman Empire, and the period in British history from the year 410 to the end of the millennium. Those studies, together with a period of intense learning for my 2004 Masters degree in energy, climate change and sustainability, led me to make connections between the present and the distant past.
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Colin Anderson 