by Jule | Oct 8, 2020 | Blog
Two articles in The New Scientist grabbed my attention recently:Is the universe conscious? It seems impossible until you do the mathsandBlack holes are hiding movies of the universe in their glowing ringsI have to say, I had looked to The New Scientist to be a...
by Jule | Jul 7, 2015 | All, Blog, Futurology
Last year, Bryan Appleyard wrote an article in the New Statesman titled Why futurologists are always wrong – and why we should be sceptical of techno-utopians. In it he points out the flawed history of predictions and takes to task the overly optimistic tendencies of...
by Jule | Oct 28, 2020 | Blog
It has been slightly surreal -preparing to launch a book about a (mostly) dystopian future during a pandemic, but at the same time weirdly comforting being in such familiar territory. My characters’ lives are restricted by world events, far outside their...
by Jule | Sep 20, 2018 | Blog
Virtual Futures’ Near-Future Fictions series returns in 2019 to continue its mission to reassert the significance of science fiction as a tool for criticising, interrogating, and navigating possible tomorrows. Our aim is to promote stories that think critically about...
by Jule | Apr 11, 2018 | Blog
The buildings, towns, and cities we live in are slowly transforming as we use technology to make our lives more comfortable. Voice and AI controlled heating, lighting, white goods, entertainment, personal assistants are already taking over the home. Will climate...
by Jule | Apr 11, 2018 | Blog
At my recent book launch, award-winning author, Lauren St John, interviewed me about my new book, The Kind. Here’s the transcript of the interview. A large part of The Kind is set 450 years in the future. How can you know what will happen then? The more you...
