ICYMI - Here's a roundup of all my artwork in 2025

Despite the title of this week’s @bigissue.com column , it is more about my love of Manchester than resigning from Monkey Cage - but here it is www.bigissue.com/opinion/robi...

If we are banning cell phones for kids we need to be talking about banning chatbots for boomers www.persuasion.community/p/my-chatgpt...

Both the aviation and the wood burning (Ecostove) industry are exploiting the government's legislation blind spot says @peteknapp.bsky.social

One of Britain’s last salt marshes has been polluted with thousands of plastic beads by Southern Water, and conservationists say it could take years to clean up. www.thetimes.com/uk/environme...

Rob Reiner: “Silence in the face of authoritarianism is complicity. Speaking out is a patriotic act. Democracy doesn’t defend itself. It requires participation, vigilance, and courage from ordinary people."

“Science isn’t political”

Wood burning for electricity is not a solution to decelerate climate change or biodiversity loss. The huge carbon emissions from Drax were ‘solved’ by carbon capture, which was never going to work, and now they’re abandoning it. My film explores tree burning for fuel: fires-and-fascism.co.uk

Agreed that discussion and listening is key to fight fascism in the UK and the rest of the world. But let’s be careful about how Christianity is being used by the far right to provide much needed community and belonging in society. There are many ways to do this outside of religion.

It's tonight! Don't miss it – the Flight Free UK end-of-year party 🐧 www.tickettailor.com/events/fligh... 7.30-9pm Online (Zoom) Quiz, travel stories, entertainment Wear your best jumper 🎄

@robinince.bsky.social: “In a recent meeting where BBC studio executives again voiced problems, I realised my choices. Obedience and being quieter to remain making Monkey Cage, or resign and have the freedom to speak out against what I believe are injustices. I chose the latter. It broke my heart.”

My film tour starts again in Jan in Devon. Each with an in-person Q&A. 12 Jan, Okehampton - New Carlton Cinema 14 Jan, Totnes Cinema 15 Jan, Plymouth Arts Cinema 16 Jan, Buckfastleigh - Moor Imagination Centre Tickets and future film tour dates: fires-and-fascism.co.uk#screening-da...

"Collapse is boring. It’s ordinary. It looks like people standing next to a log splitter on a Saturday morning because the safety net dissolved and no one replaced it." People donating wood for people to burn - wood banks - are appearing in the USA. #airpollution newrepublic.com/article/2040...

One way to support flight-free travel and have a good time doing it: Take part in the Flight Free UK Christmas Quiz! They are a tiny charity doing excellent work to shift travel norms.

Ultrafine particles can enter the brain through the nose. Government says it will use "four tests" - climate, air quality, noise and economic growth - on Heathrow expansion It's ignoring dangers of UFPs @peteknapp.bsky.social @mumsforlungs.bsky.social www.salamandernews.org/heathrow-exp...

But the question remains: why is Keir Starmer not making the case for the ECHR and what protections it brings to British people? He spent his entire career defending it. He wrote a 900 page book on it! A prime minister who left his principles at the door the minute he got into power.

As night follows day... 🤦‍♂️ "Members of the public had complained that the height of the wall interfered with the sea view for motorists and council management said it will cost €230,000 to reduce the height" #StormBram #Dublin #Ireland 🇮🇪 #SeaLevelRise

As a long-time campaigner for publicly owned railways and the proud owner of a very well-worn @bringbackbritishrail.org t-shirt, I am excited to vote for #GreatBritishRailways in public hands today 🛤️🙌 But as @sianberry just said in the Commons debate - shall we do the actual trains next?! 🚆

It was my experience of deforestation in Borneo when I reached my tipping point. I stopped flying, became vegan, became an activist with @scientistsforxr.earth, and left academia to become a filmmaker. Storytelling might have more impact than my work in science. My film: fires-and-fascism.co.uk

We’ve got an exciting program planned for our End-of-Year Party on 15th December ⛄ Flight-free travel inspiration, climate poetry and our legendary quiz! If you haven’t reserved your spot yet head to tickettailor.com/events/flightfreeuk/1909812 🐧❄️

Today’s book recommendations for Christmas presents #books #reading

Gas cookers can be harmful through polluting the air in homes. Induction hobs removes the nitrogen dioxide and carbon monoxide that are problematic with gas hobs, and Global Action Plan have provided a guide on how to change over:

A huge moment for me. A real highlight in the film tour, to have ‘Fires and Fascism’ on the board outside the Ritzy in Brixton ahead of tonight’s screening. More screenings: fires-and-fascism.co.uk#screening-da...

@srsholmes.com having an issue with Blueview, trying on different devices and browsers but the same error.

Where art says so much more than political commentary alone can

"As you can see, none of the @who.int guidelines set 4 years ago are even considered as UK targets by 2030. This is not adequate to save lives and will lead to greater numbers of deaths from air pollution than stronger targets would" - Dr. @peteknapp.bsky.social

“As we strive for cleaner air and healthier living, we should prioritize indoor air quality,” Jackson said. “Switching to electric stoves is a positive step toward cleaner cooking and better health.” news.stanford.edu/stories/2025...

Upcoming screening of 'Fires and Fascism' with me and a panel attending for a discussion afterwards about community and the far right. Brighton, Tue 9 Dec, 6pm Dukes at Komedia £10.85 www.picturehouses.com/movie-detail... @xrbrighton.bsky.social @brightonnews.bsky.social @sianberry.bsky.social

Next screening of Fires and Fascism with panel discussion on community and the far right: Brixton, Sun 7 Dec, 6pm Ritzy Cinema £10.85 www.picturehouses.com/movie-detail... @xrlondon.bsky.social @axedrax.bsky.social @fossilfreeldn.bsky.social @moneyrebellion.bsky.social @hopenothate.org.uk

Update: Apologies I was due to be on Have I got News for You this week. We've now postponed until 2026. To go on Question Time and speak up for migrants right now feels vital.

I am in the process of writing an expanded response to today's Environmental Improvement Plan published by the UK Government, which includes some broad targets for improving the UK’s air quality. But here are the main points:

Next screening of Fires and Fascism with panel discussion on community and the far right: Brixton, Sun 7 Dec, 6pm Ritzy Cinema £10.85 www.picturehouses.com/movie-detail... @xrlondon.bsky.social @axedrax.bsky.social @fossilfreeldn.bsky.social @moneyrebellion.bsky.social @hopenothate.org.uk

Upcoming screening of 'Fires and Fascism' with me and a panel attending for a discussion afterwards about community and the far right. Brighton, Tue 9 Dec, 6pm Dukes at Komedia £10.85 www.picturehouses.com/movie-detail... @xrbrighton.bsky.social @brightonnews.bsky.social @sianberry.bsky.social

NEW BOOK! Scientist-activist Fernando Racimo @ferracimo.bsky.social from @scientistrebellion.bsky.social writes about the growing number of scientists taking direct action. See him live in discussion about the book: Fri 12 Dec 3-5pm GC101, Grad Centre Building, Queen Mary Uni, London 📕 🎤 👏

Submissions for ISSUE #3 – AIRBORNE, are now open! We are accepting pitches exploring the importance of air in the climate and ecological crises, its role in environmental history and activism, and its future on a transformed planet. More details 👇

Why would a government want to scrap juries? Is it so they can pass sentences that the gov wants, but the people object to? Feels very 1984 to me… www.bbc.co.uk/news/article... @defendourjuries.bsky.social @amnestyuk.bsky.social @lawyersfornature.bsky.social

I wish I didn’t have to share this. But the BBC has decided to censor my first Reith Lecture. They deleted the line in which I describe Donald Trump as “the most openly corrupt president in American history.” /1

Hoping to see @hammersmithandy.bsky.social there.

Posters have appeared around the building. They suggest that geography, geology, & environment staff might be a bit angry at proposed redundancies, reorganisations & closures. Rightly so.

Great to see @mattywin.bsky.social's book 'Hot Mess' on Rolly's table in the latest @climatetown.bsky.social video about Exxon’s $600 Million Dollar Lie. Always smashes it: youtu.be/HUeC39CZO44

Keep this in mind when people claim cars mean business — closing Central #Madrid to cars over holidays resulted in a 9.5% boost in retail spending on its main shopping street: STUDY. There was also a 71% drop in air pollution. Via @carltonreid.com in @forbes.com. #citymakingmath #citiesforpeople

Huge. And I meet more and more over 50s too who will be voting for the Green Party as well! Join.greenparty.org.uk

Why did Keir Starmer and the Labour Party decide to destroy EVERYTHING they could have been - to hand over the uk to the far right with such dainty gloves on - utterly disgusted by it all @teamlabouruk.bsky.social - many people in the UK are NOT Nazis

Tickets to see my film with a great panel afterwards: - Helen Beynon, author of Twyford Rising - Prof Rupert Read, director of @climatemajority.bsky.social - Bridget McKenzie, from @climatemuseum.bsky.social Norwich Cinema City, Wed 19, 7pm Tickets: web.picturehouses.com/order/showti...

Interesting documentary by @peteknapp.bsky.social about forest fires in Spain, Portugal, Sicily and Greece, the political context and how communities are organising (e.g. against eucalyptus plantations in PT). See here for list of screenings across England: fires-and-fascism.co.uk

As the drummer for the Dead Leg Comedy house band, it’s a shame I can’t make tomorrow’s gig due to this film tour… especially as it’s FIRE THEMED! Get your ticket, Oxford, Mon 17, 7:30pm, The Library. Also cash on the day. @andrewoneillcomedy.bsky.social www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/1967726874...

My film 'Fires and Fascism' got two reviews in @imperialcollegeldn.bsky.social's Felix! "The real merit lies in the space local people have to tell their story" "Knapp shows how even the best intentions can be twisted when profit comes first" Screenings: fires-and-fascism.co.uk#screening-da...

The same fascist rhetoric today as was seen in the German Reich regarding housing crises. The real cause is capitalism. My film ‘Fires and Fascism’ explores these links: fires-and-fascism.co.uk