Christopher HookBook Review: The Ministry for the Future and New York, 2140 by Kim Stanley RobinsonI don’t think Antonio Guterres is having a very good time. You’d imagine being UN Secretary-General would be something to aspire to. He…6 min read·Aug 4, 2023----
Christopher HookReflections on the IPCC reportThis last week has had a real feeling of deja vu for me. Way back in 2018 I read an IPCC report on what a world with 1.5 degree of warming…5 min read·Mar 24, 2023----
Christopher HookBook Review: A Place of Greater Safety by Hilary MantelI’ve been spending a lot of time in Paris recently.4 min read·Feb 10, 2023----
Christopher HookBook Review: Reading from 2022Once upon a time I wrote a blog…6 min read·Jan 16, 2023--2--2
Christopher HookBook Review: Americanah by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie“If you don’t understand, ask questions. If you’re uncomfortable about asking questions, say you are uncomfortable about asking questions…4 min read·Jul 24, 2020----
Christopher HookBook Review: The World As It Is by Ben RhodesWhen I first moved to London I had quite a lot of time on my hands. Work was not as busy as I expected. I live alone, which was a new…4 min read·Jul 17, 2020----
Christopher HookBook Review: The Mirror and The Light by Hilary MantelAs anyone who gets emails from me will know I’ve spent a long time reading Hilary Mantel’s majestic new novel. Two months is a long time…4 min read·Jun 26, 2020--1--1
Christopher Hook5 Things to Friday | Coronavirus IssueIn early January I spotted an article, fairly far down the Guardian front page, about a virus that had jumped from animals to humans in a…7 min read·Mar 18, 2020----
Christopher HookBook Review: The Secret BarristerI’m furious. I’ve been furious, in a low-level background kind of way, now for about three weeks. It has got nothing to do with the wanton…3 min read·Mar 6, 2020----
Christopher HookBook Review: Normal People by Sally RooneySally Rooney makes being a writer look remarkably easy. She has published short stories, poems, and two novels (the first being…3 min read·Feb 28, 2020----
