Philip Pullman's new book, Once Upon A Time In The North, is about oil.
'It's about the way we thoughtlessly exploit the Earth's resources. Until 50 years ago it was possible to drag fossil fuels out of the ground and burn them up and think we could do it without consequences.'
Extract here.
Ancient Peruvian civilisation grew mighty by harvesting guano
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The Chincha Kingdom was transporting seabird excrement from islands to
valleys as early as the 13th century, and this powerful fertiliser may have
been key...
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