Registry of Interests

This is a comprehensive list of my sources of income, and any hospitality or gifts I receive (except from family and friends), beginning in September 2011.

I have opened this registry because I believe that journalists should live by the standards they demand of others, among which are accountability and transparency. One of the most important questions in public life, which is asked less often than it should be, is “who pays?”.

Until members of parliament were obliged to reveal their external earnings, we had no means of knowing whether the positions they took were influenced by the money they made: whether, in other words, they were acting on our behalf or acting on behalf of hidden sponsors. Many of the thinktanks and campaign groups which claim to be independent often sound uncannily like corporate lobbyists. When they refuse to reveal the sources of their funding, the public has good reason to be suspicious. Several journalists have been exposed for what, in the United States, are called payola scandals. It would not be surprising to discover that others were taking undisclosed payments for championing certain interests.

I believe that everyone who steps into public life should be obliged to show on whose behalf they are speaking: in other words who is paying them, and how much. I would like to see journalists, like MPs, become subject to a mandatory register of interests. But until that time I hope to encourage other journalists to declare the sources of their income voluntarily – by declaring mine.

Current state of play:

I have one live contract: with the Guardian, to supply columns and other material, from 1st February 2020 until 31st January 2021, for which I am paid an annual fee of £60,769.72.

I have one other regular source of income: the rent paid to me by the co-operative that leases my house, which currently amounts to £9,480 a year.

Please note: these figures, as well as the additional income cited below, are gross earnings, not net income. I am a freelance journalist, and a good deal of this money is put back into my work. I employ two assistants, who share a roughly full-time job (with proper benefits), run my own office and must also make my own provision for research, travel and other expenses. My total taxable income after personal allowances for the tax year 2011/12 was £45,264. I paid £10,330 in income tax for that year. In the tax year 2012/13 it was £51,939. I paid £13,133 in income tax for that year. In the tax year 2013/14 it was £60,667. I paid £17,098 in income tax for that year. In the tax year 2014/15 it was £55,557. I paid £15,080 in income tax for that year. In the tax year 2015/16 it was £57,530. I paid £15,876 in income tax for that year. In the tax year 2016/17 it was £57,891. I paid £15,264 in income tax for that year. In the tax year 2017/18 it was £65,392. I paid £17,927 in income tax for that year. As a freelance, I must provide my own pension, holiday and sick pay; so my earnings are equivalent to a salary roughly 15% smaller.



I will post up any other payments, gifts, hospitality and investments during the first week of every month. I have decided to stop including the review copies of books I receive, as so many come in that it requires a disproportionate amount of work, and I have not been able to keep up. “And further, by these, my son, be admonished: of making many books there is no end; and much study is a weariness of the flesh.” Ecclesiastes 12:12.

My current investments are as follows:

Last updated 5th March 2020:

I have no shareholdings or investment in any company. My sole current asset is my house, which I bought in 2007 for £278,000, and which I now rent out (with the exception of part of one of the downstairs rooms, which my assistants share with the co-op, as an office). I have spent, in total, £100,000 renovating it. It has recently been valued at roughly £320,000.

In 1994, I bought a £2,000 share in Tinkers Bubble, a very small organic farm and low-impact settlement. I do not expect to reclaim it.

I have £50,480 in savings, held in a building society. I have £8,000 in an ethical bank.

I have been paying into a pension, which is currently due to provide around £6,000 a year.

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Monthly earnings, gifts and hospitality in addition to regular income (which is detailed above):

August 2020

No additional income

July 2020

Other income

Guardian: Syndication fee £150

June 2020

Royalties

Verso: Out of the Wreckage, How did we get into this Mess? £9482.47

May 2020

Royalties

Macmillan: Nation Without a State £64.06

Other income

Intelligence Squared: Speaker fee £600

April 2020

Other income

Guardian: Syndication fee £240

Guardian: Syndication fee £66

Guardian: Syndication fee £90

March 2020

Royalties

ALCS (Authors’ Licensing and Collecting Society): £1057.92

Penguin: Feral £5747.31

HarperCollins: Age of Consent £104.37

Other income

BBC: Contributor fee £150

Angelfish Films: Speaker fee, Bristol event £1200

Mike McCarthy Ltd: Speaker fee, Norwich event £3556

February 2020

Other income

BBC: Contributor fee £38.40

King’s Place Music Foundation: Appearance fee £1200.00

PLR: Public lending rights £417.92



January 2020

Other income

Guardian: Syndication fee £150

BBC: Contributor fee £60

BBC: Contributor fee £90

December 2019



Royalties

Atlantic: Bring on the Apocalypse £13.61

Penguin Canada: Heat, Bring on the Apocalypse £29.31

PLR (Public Lending Rights), Ireland £8.99

Other income

RTE: Contributor fee £48.78

BBC: Contributor fee £60

Penguin: Audio recording fee – Feral £1512

November 2019

Royalties

Penguin Random House: Advance, Swallow This £54000

Other income

U4U AISBL, Brussels: Speaker fee £255.19

Richard Herring RHLSTP podcast: Contributor fee £600

Al Jazeera: Contributor fee £90

Guardian: Syndication fee £420

Arrow Media: Presenter fee £4000

BBC: Contributor fee £150

October 2019

Royalties

Penguin: Age of Consent £38.39

ALCS (Authors’ Licensing and Collecting Society) £128.15

Macmillan: Nation Without a State £34.38

Penguin: Feral £976.92

Other income

BBC: Contributor fee £60

September 2019

Royalties

Penguin: Feral £4298.47



Other income

BBC: Contributor fee £84

Guardian: Syndication fee £720

Guardian: Syndication fee £240



Gifts

Isabel Losada, flowers: ?£30

August 2019

Other income

Arrow Media: Presenter fee £8000

July 2019

Royalties

Tantor: Advance, US audio rights, Feral £593.83

Verso: How did we get into this Mess?; Out of the Wreckage £36.84

Other income

BBC: Contributor fee £150

Gifts

TED: restaurant meal ?£25

delegate pack ?£60



June 2019

No additional income

May 2019

Royalties

Atlantic: Bring on the Apocalypse £8.80

Verso: How did we get into this Mess; Out of the Wreckage £27,894.79

Other income

Angelfish Films: Speaker fee, Bristol event £1680

Zeppotron: Appearance fee, Frankie Boyle’s New World Order £1200

Gifts

Arrow Media, lunch: £10

April 2019

Royalties

Harper Collins: Age of Consent £33.58

Penguin: Feral £4067.48

Macmillan: Captive State £14.64

Hugo Books, South Korea: Advance, Feral £1055.69

Other income

Imagine! Belfast: Speaker fee £600

Oxford Literary Festival: Speaker fee £180

Oxford Brookes University: Speaker fee £360

Cambridge Literary Festival: Speaker fee £480

March 2019

Other income

University of Newcastle: Speaker fee £360



February 2019

Other income

Guardian: Opinion £67.50

Guardian: Syndication fee £270

RRU/Culture Liverpool for BBC R5: Contributor fee £480.00

January 2019

Royalties

Green Books: No Man’s Land, Poisoned Arrows £22.94

Other income

Guardian: Syndication fee £240

University of Antwerp: Speaker fee £221.81

PLR: Public lending rights £450.27

December 2018

Other income

Guardian: Syndication fee £60

PLR (Irish): Public lending rights £7.11

November 2018

Royalties

Atlantic: Bring on the Apocalypse £13.63

Penguin Canada: Heat, Bring on the Apocalypse £29.93

Other income

BBC: Contributor fee £60

CCCB, Barcelona: Speaker fee £870.55

MO*, Antwerp: Speaker fee £443.62

BBC: Contributor fee £60

BBC: Contributor fee £60

Brainwash Festival, Amsterdam: Speaker fee £665.42

Gifts

Comment Awards: overnight stay in London hotel ?£300

October 2018

Royalties

HarperCollins: Age of Consent £64.26

Penguin: Feral £2612.92

Verso: Out of the Wreckage £4739.47

University of Chicago Press: Feral £1225.36

Macmillan: Captive State £35.37

Other income

BBC: Contributor fee £60

BBC: Contributor fee £84

Angelfish Films: Speaker fee £1200

BBC: Contributor fee £90



September 2018

Royalties

Guardian: Syndication fee £240

ALCS (Authors’ Licensing and Collecting Society) £130.04

Gifts

Private Eye: lunch ?£50

August 2018

Royalties

Guardian: Syndication fee £78

Other income

Keele University: Speaker fee £240

New Statesman: Article £480

Intelligence Squared: Speaker fee £600

Arrow Media: Development fee £1800



July 2018

Royalties

Guardian: Syndication fee £60

Guardian: Syndication fee £78



June 2018

No additional income

May 2018

Royalties

Atlantic: Bring on the Apocalypse £17.82

Penguin: Feral £835.64

Verso: How Did We Get into This Mess, Out of the Wreckage £20,857.74

Other income

BBC: Contributor fee £60

April 2018

Royalties

Peguin: Feral £3,676.86

Alfa, Turkey: Advance, Feral £107.74

HarperCollins: Age of Consent £94.27

Macmillan: Captive State £83.98

Guardian: Syndication fee £60

Other income

BBC: Contributor fee £384

BBC: Contributor fee £90

BBC: Contributor fees (various) £691.20

Gifts

Keele University: A Waterman ball pen: ?£40

March 2018

Royalties

ALCS (Authors’ Licensing and Collecting Society) £1,977.07

Gifts

The Guardian: 3 DVDs and a box of chocolates, approx £25

A reader: a handmade bedspread, unknown

Other income

Audible: recording fee £530.40

BBC: Contributor fee £60

BBC: Contributor fee £135

Intelligence Squared: Speaker fee £600

February 2018

Royalties

Guardian: Syndication fee £51

Other income

PLR: Public lending rights £323.57

Oxford Farming Conference: a tin of biscuits and a packet of tea: approx £10

Jan 2018

Royalties

UIT, Cambridge: No Man’s Land, Poisoned Arrows £17.40

Other income

Off the Shelf Festival: Speaker fee £360

BBC: Contributor fee £42

BBC: Contributor fee £36

CIFF (Children’s Investment Fund Foundation): Lunch £20

Guardian: Lunch £10

December 2017

Other income

Irish PLR: Public lending rights £3.76

Off the Shelf Festival Sheffield: Speaker fee £360

November 2017

Royalties

Atlantic: Bring on the Apocalypse £23.23

Guardian: Syndication fee £93.60

Guardian: Syndication fee £270

Penguin Canada: Heat, Bring on the Apocalypse £26.63

Other income

BBC: Contributor fee £42

Piano, Italy: Advance, Feral £824.96

October 2017

Royalties

Penguin: Feral & HarperCollins: Age of Consent £3,214.64

Penguin: Feral £5,571.25

Capitan Swing: Advance £1,377.85

Macmillan: Captive State £96.23

Guardian: Syndication fee £93.60

Other income

Global Justice Now: Speaker fee £360

Festival of the Future City Bristol: Speaker fee £480

The Old Vic: 3 press tickets to The Lorax

September 2017

Royalties

ALCS (Authors’ Licensing and Collecting Society) £24.16

Other income

BBC: Contributor fee £60

Ewan McLennan: CD sales £44

Ewan McLennan: funds from Arts Council, for video production £986

August 2017

Royalties

Guardian: Syndication fee £93.60

University of Chicago Press: Feral £1,101.38

Other income

University of the West of England: speaker fee & expenses £2,436.12

Guardian: Politics video £420

Guardian: Global video £420

BBC: Contributor fee £23.76

Almeida Theatre: programme piece £240

BBC: Contributor fee £84

National Theatre: Speaker fee £139.80

ABM: Breaking the Spell of Loneliness Tour £840

July 2017

Royalties

Guardian: Syndication fee £90.00



Other income

BBC: Contributor fee £60

ABM: Breaking the Spell of Loneliness Tour £765

National Theatre: one complimentary tickets to Common £38

June 2017

No additional income



May 2017

Royalties

Guardian: Syndication fee £93.60

Verso: How did we get into this Mess? £19,395.12

Penguin Canada: Heat, Bring on the Apocalypse £93.36

Verso: Advance £4,863.78

Other income

ABM: Breaking the Spell of Loneliness Tour £1,204.13

UCL: Speaker fee £323.28

ABM: Breaking the Spell of Loneliness Tour £765

April 2017

Royalties

HarperCollins: Age of Consent £100.86

Penguin: Feral £4,109.82

Macmillan: Captive State £53.56

Guardian: Syndication fee £60

Guardian: Syndication fee £270

Atlantic: Bring on the Apocalypse £16.63



Other income

ABM: Breaking the Spell of Loneliness Tour £3,000

March 2017

Royalties

Guardian: Syndication fee £60

Guardian: Syndication fee £108

ALCS (Authors’ Licensing and Collecting Society) £506.86



Other income

Hay Festival: Speaker fee £360

February 2017

Royalties

Guardian: Syndication fee £60

Other income

ABM: Breaking the Spell of Loneliness Tour £773.20

Ewan McLennan: CD sales £314.50

PLR: Public lending rights £284.73

Guardian supplement: Article £577.49

BBC: Contributor fee £60

January 2017

Other income

ABM: Breaking the Spell of Loneliness Tour £765

Ewan McLennan: CD sales £943.50

Edinburgh Green Party: Bottle of malt whiskey for talk in Edinburgh £30

December 2016

Royalties

Guardian: Syndication fee £60

Other income

BBC: Contrubutor fee £60

New Statesman: Article £720

Irish PLR: Public lending rights £2.50

ABM: Breaking the Spell of Loneliness Tour £4,071.89

November 2016

Royalties

Verso: Advance £7,560

Guardian: Syndication fee £93.60

Grove Atlantic: Bring on the Apocalypse £16.94

Penguin (Canada): Heat & Bring on the Apocalypse £828.12

University of Chicago Press: Feral £2,767.56

Other income

RSPB: Speaker fee £600

October 2016

Royalties

Penguin: Feral £3,267.70

Macmillan: Captive State £3,373.97

Penguin: Feral £742.66

Macmillan: Captive State £172.74

Other income

Stroud Festival of Nature: Speaker fee £1,200

Guardian Arts: Article £326.59

BBC: Contributor fee £323.34

September 2016

Royalties

ALCS (Authors’ Licensing and Collecting Society) £20.54

Other income

BBC: Contributor fee £39.94

August 2016

Other income

Nottinghamshire Wildlife Trust: Speaker fee £1,000

Mail on Sunday: Article £1,200

BBC: Contributor fee £80.40

Guardian: Syndication fee £90

July 2016

Royalties

Green Books: No Man’s Land & Poisoned Arrows £28.44

Other income

Guardian: Syndication fee £60

Guardian: Extra column £900

Lakin McCarthy: Speaker fee £2,145.6

June 2016

Royalties

Alfa (Turkey): Feral £320.72

Other income

BBC: Countryfile magazine article £180

Opera North Leeds: Speaker fee £600

May 2016

Royalties

Grove Atlantic: Bring on the Apocalypse £18.48

Other income

BBC: Contributor fee £900

BBC: Contributor fee £378

Dartmoor National Park Authority: Speaker fee £1,200

Guardian: Extra column £1,800

Guardian: Syndication fee £60

Kew Social Endeavours Club: Speaker fee £100

April 2016

Royalties

Penguin: Feral £5,837.53

Macmillan: Captive State £171.49

Harpercollins: Age of Consent £150.45

Verso: How did we get into this mess? £3,240

Other income

BBC: Contributor fee £900

Lakin McCarthy: Speaker fee £771.67

March 2016

Royalties

ALCS (Authors’ Licensing and Collecting Society) £629.94

PLR (Public lending rights) £16.12

Other income

BBC: Contributor fee £60

AGB Films: Contributor fee £480

February 2016

Royalties

PLR (Public lending rights) £293.90

Other income

Guardian: Syndication fee £360

Guardian: Syndication fee £60

Guardian: Syndication fee £60

Guardian: Additional fee £1,320

5×15: Speaker fee £250

BBC: Contributor fee £266.40

January 2016

Other income

Guardian: Syndication fee £60

Guardian: Syndication fee £21

December 2015

Royalties

Irish PLR (Public lending rights) £2.43

Other income

BBC: Contributor fee £60

BBC: Contributor fee £30

November 2015

Other income

Guardian: Syndication fee £60

BBC: Contributor fee £42

BBC: Contributor fee £60

BBC: Contributor fee £43.20

October 2015

Royalties

Harpercollins: Age of Consent & Penguin: Feral £616.01

Penguin: Feral £83.45

Macmillan: Captive State £195.25

Other income

Guardian: Syndication fee £60

Guardian: Syndication fee £60

BBC: Contributor fee £90

Wtite on Kew: Speaker fee £180

September 2015

Royalties

ALCS (Authors’ Licensing and Collecting Society) £291.26

Verso: Advance £3,240

August 2015

Royalties

Green Books: No Man’s Land & Poisoned Arrows £43.33

Other income

BBC: Countryfile magazine article £480

BBC: BBC Wildlife article £540

World of Interiors: Article £600

July 2015

Royalties

Guardian: Syndication fee £60

Guardian: Syndication fee £270

Guardian: Syndication fee £60

Other income

BBC: Contributor fee £360

BBC: Contributor fee £60

BBC: Contributor fee £60

Lakin McCarty: Speaker fee £1,440

Government of Luxembourg: Speaker fee Euros 2,500

Coleridge lectures: Speaker fee £600

BBC: Contributor fee £60

LUSH: Speaker fee £1,200

June 2015

Royalties

Guardian: Syndication fee £90

Other income

Sheffield University Students Union: Speaker fee £1,200

BBC: Contributor fee £60

Paul Foot Awards: Runner up prize £1,000

May 2015

Royalties

Random House Canada: HEAT £29.56

April 2015

Royalties

HarperCollins: Age of Consent £186.78

Macmillan: Captive State £143.91

Other income

BBC: Contributor fee £90

Guardian: Syndication fee £210

Guardian: 2 videos £1,980

Forestry Commission: Speaker fee & expenses £498.53

Guardian: Syndication fee £240

March 2015

Other income

Guardian: Syndication fee £60

Guardian: Syndication fee £60

New York Times: Article £332.20

BBC: Contributor fee £600

February 2015

Royalties

ALCS (Authors’ Licensing and Collecting Society) £284.61

PLR (Public Lending Rights) £213.92

Other income

Guardian: Syndication fee £72

Sheffield University: Speaker fee £480

January 2015

No additional income

December 2014

Royalties

Irish PLR (Public Lending Rights) £3.84

Other income

BBC: Contributor fee £239.16

Wildscreen: Speaker fee £500

BBC Earth: Article £3,000

Society of Biology: Book prize £500

Coleridge lectures: Speaker fee £600

FOE: Article £240

November 2014

Royalties

Macmillan: Captive State £109.38

Other income

5×15: Speaker fee & expenses £202.74

Hay Festival: Speaker fee £480

Guardian: Syndication fee £90

October 2014

Royalties

HarperCollins: Age of Consent £72.85

Other income

New Statesman: Article £540

Guardian: Syndication fee £90

September 2014

Royalties

ALCS (Authors’ Licensing and Collecting Society) £363.83

Other income

BBC: Contributor fee £240

Guardian: Syndication fee £252

John Muir Conference: Speaker fee £1,000

Hebden Bridge Arts Festival: Speaker fee £1,420

Thonson Reuters: Zoological Society of London Book Prize £1,000

August 2014

Other income

Guardian: Syndication fee £90

BBC: Contributor fee £240

July 2014

Other income

Guardian: Fee £36

June 2014

Royalties

Grove Atlantic: Bring on the Apocalypse £2.69

May 2014

Royalties

Grove Atlantic: Bring on the Apocalypse £11.82

Macmillan: Captive State £141.71

Doubleday Canada: HEAT £35.64

Other income

Zalozba Krtina (Slovenia): Advance £428.66

Guardian: Syndication fee £48

Guardian: Syndication fee £60

April 2014

Royalties

HarperCollins: Age of Consent £135.77

Other income

Lisbet Rausing: Support for Rewilding Assistant £12,000

BBC: Contributor fee £90

March 2014

Royalties

ALCS (Authors’ Licensing and Collecting Society) £1,389.48

Other income

BBC: Contributor fee £60

Guardian: Syndication fee £900

Guardian: Additional columns £7,780.62

Guardian: Syndication fee £60

Prime (Russia): Extract fee £231.23

Federation of Cumbrian Commoners: Lunch £8

Words by the Water Festival: Family accomodation and board Approx £400

February 2014

Royalties

PLR (Public Lending Rights) £75.21

Other income

Guardian: Syndication fee £60

January 2014

Royalties

Grove Atlantic: Bring on the Apocalypse £3.08

Other income

BBC: Contributor fee £60

Guardian: Special report £1800

BBC: Contributor fee £38.40

Guardian: G2 article fee £193.76

December 2013

Royalties

Irish PLR (Public Lending Rights) £2.35

Other income

BBC: Contributor fee £60

Intelligent Life: Article fee £399

The New Unique Broadcasting Company: Contributor fee £240

CIWEM (The Chartered Institution of Water and Environmental Management): Speaker fee £1,200

BBC: Contributor fee £266.40

November 2013

Royalties

Grove Atlantic: Bring on the Apocalypse £5.81

Doubleday Canada: HEAT £28.16

October 2013

Royalties

HarperCollins: Age of Consent £19.54

Macmillan: Captive State £144.06

September 2013

Other income

Edinburgh International Book Festival: Speaker fee £360

Guardian: Syndication fee £72

August 2013

Royalties

ALCS (Authors’ Licensing and Collecting Society) £74.48

UIT Cambridge: No Man’s Land & Poisoned Arrows £15.38

Other income

Spectator: Article fee £300

July 2013

Other income

Penguin: Travel expenses £96.12

BBC: Travel expenses £38.40

Guardian: Syndication fee £48

Woodland Trust: Article fee £240

Penguin: Travel expenses £13.56

Gifts

Penguin: Sweatshirt value approx £20

TED Global: TED talk delegate pack value approx £50

June 2013

Royalties

Aeon Magazine: Extract from FERAL £1,260

Guardian: Syndication fee £270

Other income

Guardian: Books for research £14.39

Guardian: Books for research £9.88

BBC: Contributor fee £60

Corporate Knights Magazine: Article £721.05

May 2013

Royalties

Guardian: Syndication fee £180

Macmillan: Captive State £126.74

Random House: HEAT £623.75

Penguin (Canada): Advance £2,247.99

Other income

Guardian: Books for research £37.13

April 2013

Royalties

HarperCollins: Age of Consent £130.45

Other income

BBC: Contributor fee £60

BBC: Contributor fee £60

Gifts

English Heritage: Media Pass 2013/14 admits two adults with accompanied children



March 2013

Royalties

Guardian: Syndication fee £84

Guardian: Syndication fee £120

Guardian: Syndication fee £66

Guardian: Syndication fee £66

Other income

Guardian: Books for research£14.74

February 2013

Royalties

Penguin (Canada): Advance £2,251.55

PLR (Public Lending Rights) £128.21

ALCS (Authors’ Licensing and Collecting Society) £792.26

Other income

Royal Opera House: Travel expenses £33.00

January 2013

Other income

BBC: Contributor fee £90

Oslo University: Seminar fee £4,065.85

Guardian: Books for research £15.59

BBC: Travel expenses £25.20

December 2012

Royalties

Irish Public Lending Rights £3.80

Guardian: Syndication fee £66

Penguin (Canada): Advance £2,247.05

Other income

Penguin: Travel expenses £71.88

BBC: Contributor fee £84

Arne Naess Symposium: Speaker fees £3,971.87

November 2012

Royalties

Penguin: Advance on royalties £2,000

Macmillan: Nation Without a State £173.87

Books sent by publishers / authors

Bad Pharma: How Drug Companies Mislead Doctors and Harm Patients Fourth Estate

Meme Wars: The Creative Destruction of Neoclassical Economics Penguin Group

October 2012

Royalties

HarperCollins: Age of Consent £220.76

Other income

BBC: Contributor fee £24

New Zealand Planning Institute: Videoconference Speaker Fee £1,000

Books sent by publishers / authors

Nature All Around Us: A Guide to Urban Ecology The University of Chicago Press

The Fair Tax: Supported by History, Agreed by Economists, Feared by the 1% Shepheard-Walwyn

The Book of Barely Imagined Beings: A 21st Century Bestiary Granta

America’s Deadliest Export: Democracy – the Truth About US Foreign Policy and Everything Else Zed Books

Financing the Global Sharing Economy Share The World’s Resources

September 2012

Royalties

Guardian: Syndication fee £48

Penguin: Advance on royalties £8,800

Other income

Guardian: Books for research £20.40

Books sent by publishers / authors

Global Corruption: Money, Power & Ethics in the Modern World I.B. Tauris

There is No Such Thing as a Free Press…and We Need One More Than Ever (review copy) Imprint Academic

The World Until Yesterday: What Can We Learn From Traditional Societies? Allen Lane

The Nolympics: One man’s struggle against sporting hysteria Penguin Group

Gifts

CD, DVD, memory stick, bag & tea towel from the Mikron Theatre Company

2 fridge magnets from William Blunt & Sons

August 2012

Royalties

Guardian: Syndication fee £150

The Authors’ Licensing and Collecting Society (ALCS): Royalties £124.42

Guardian: Syndication fee £75

Other income

BBC: Contributor fee £60

Hospitality

While looking at a project it is running, I stayed for two nights in the home of a Forestry Commission official.

The Forestry Commission also paid for a pub lunch I ate, which, including the drink, cost approximately £10.

Books sent by publishers / authors

The City and Coming Climate: Climate Change in the Places We Live Cambridge University Press

Green-Wood Factory School

Climate Change and Social Ecology: A New Perspective on the Climate Challenge Routledge

Stalin’s Legacy: The Soviet War on Nature Birlinn

Making Thatcher’s Britain Cambridge University Press

Gifts

An apron from The Radical Tea Towel Company

July 2012

Other income

BBC Radio 2: Jeremy Vine Show contributor fee £60

BBC: contributor fee £50

Books sent by publishers / authors

Men of Property: The Very Wealthy in Britain Since the Industrial Revolution The Social Affairs Unit

Who Were the Rich? A Biographical Directory of British Wealth-Holders, Volume 1, 1809 – 1839 The Social Affairs Unit

The Glorious Art of Peace: From the Iliad to Iraq Oxford University Press

Greening the Media Oxford University Press

The Book of Barely Imagined Beings: A 21st Century Bestiary (uncorrected proof) Granta

The Reality of Global Crises Dr Peter B Scott-Morgan (self published)

The Reality of our Global Future Dr Peter B Scott-Morgan (self published)

An Energetic Life Professor Peter R Odell (author)

The Return of the Jacobite John Miles (self published)

June 2012

Royalties

Guardian: syndication fee £78.00

Books sent by publishers / authors

Bee Journal Jonathan Cape

A Different World Ruth Jacobs (Author)

The Carbon Cycle: Crossing the Great Divide Two Ravens Press

The Politics of Climate Change and the Global Crisis: Mortgaging Our Future Orient BlackSwan

End Game Allan Hendry (Author)

Social Versus Corporate Welfare: Competing Needs and Interests within the Welfare State Palgrave Macmillan

Occupy World Street: A Global Roadmap for Radical Economic and Political Reform Green Books

The State of the Poles: Climate Lessons from the International Polar Year Unipub

2052: A Global Forecast for the Next Forty Years Chelsea Green

Gifts

Hay Festival: free tickets to events and meals, value approx £100

Hay Festival: 6 bottles of Freixenet, value approx £50

May 2012

Royalties

Macmillan: Captive State £20.79

Guardian: syndication fee £150.00

Guardian: syndication fee £30.00

Other income

Guardian: books for research £82.68

Books sent by publishers / authors

Visit Sunny Chernobyl: and Other Adventures in the World’s Most Polluted Places Random House Books

The Geek Manifesto: Why Science Matters Bantam Press

The Future of Helium as a Natural Resource Routledge

The Old Ways: A Journey on Foot Hamish Hamilton

Empire Reviewed The Social Affairs Unit

I Love My World: The Playful, Hands-on, Nature Connection Guidebook Chris Holland (Author)

April 2012

Royalties

HarperCollins: Age of Consent £216.34

Books sent by publishers / authors

Freedom in Entangled Worlds: West Papua and the Architecture of Global Power Duke University Press

When China Rules the World: The End of the Western World and the Birth of a New Global Order Penguin Group

The Arab Spring: Rebellion, Revolution and a New World Order Guardian Books

Permaculture Design: A Step by Step Guide Permanent Publications

People and Permaculture: Caring & Designing for Ourselves, Each Other and the Planet Permanent Publications

The Blueprint: Averting Global Collapse (Uncorrected proof) Corrino Press

Future Money: Breakdown or Breakthrough Green Books

Defending Politics: Why Democracy Matters in the Twenty-First Century Oxford University Press

The Sign: The Shroud of Turin and the Secret of the Resurrection Penguin Group

Education for the Inevitable: Schooling When the Oil Runs Out Michael Bassey (Author)

Living on Gold Time Vol 1: Growing Up Working Class Bob Wildman (Author)

March 2012

Royalties

Guardian: syndication fee £90

Other income

BBC Radio 4: Any Questions contributor fee £180

BBC Radio 2: Jeremy Vine Show contributor fee £60

BBC World Service: Newshour contributor fee £63.60

Books sent by publishers / authors

The Economics of Killing: How the West Fuels War and Poverty in the Developing World Pluto Press

Get Real: How to Tell It Like It Is In a World of Illusions Fourth Estate

Oceans of Life: How Our Seas Are Changing (uncorrected proof) Allen Lane

Full Body Burden: Growing Up in the Shadow of a Secret Nuclear Facility Harvill Secker

From Here Lonely Coot

Every Nation For Itself: Winners and Losers in a G-Zero World Portfolio

Beyond Patriotism: From Truman to Obama Imprint Academic

February 2012

Royalties

Green Books: No Man’s Land & Poisoned Arrows £46.66

PLR (public Lending Rights) £168.61

ALCS (Authors’ Licensing and Collecting Society) £1,148.50

Other income

RTE (Radio Telefis Eireann): Contributor fee £40

ITV Tonight: Contributor fee £180

Spectator: Article £600

Intelligence Squared: Speaker fee £1,200

Books sent by publishers / authors

The Old Ways: A Journey on Foot (Advanced Reading Copy x 2) Hamish Hamilton

Demon Fish: Travels Through the Hidden World of Sharks Duckworth

Defining Democracy: Voting Procedures in Decision-Making, Elections and Governance Springer

Weeds: The Story of Outlaw Plants Profile Books

The Hockey Stick and the Climate Wars (Duplicate) Columbia University Press

January 2012

Royalties

Guardian: Syndication fee £120.00

Grove Atlantic: Bring on the Apocalypse £19.10

Guardian: Syndication fee £48.00

Green Books: No Man’s Land & Poisoned Arrows £113.90

Other income

BBC: Contributor’s fee £139.80

No Pressure to be Festive: fee £30

The Fifth Column: article £180

Books sent by publishers / authors

Climate Wars: What People Will Be Killed For in the 21st Century (uncorrected proof) Polity Press

Open Dialogue Demos

Vida The Merlin Press

Thinking, Fast and Slow Farrar, Straus & Giroux

The Bedside Guardian 2011 Guardian Books

My Son, My Son (uncorrected proof) Harvill Secker

Occupy World Street: A Global Roadmap for Radical Economic and Political Reform (uncorrected proof) Green Books

December 2011

Royalties

PLR (Public Lending Rights) £5.84

Other income

The Co-operative: membership dividend £2.54

BBC: contributor’s fee £72.00

Corporate Knights Magazine: debate article about irrational attacks on environmentalism £1,211.32

Books sent by publishers / authors

Carbon Democracy: Political Power in the Age of Oil (duplicate) Verso

Green Philosophy: How to Think Seriously About the Planet (duplicate) Atlantic Books

From Dictatorship to Democracy Serpent’s Tail (Profile Books)

The Hockey Stick and the Climate Wars Columbia University Press

November 2011

Royalties

Guardian: Syndication fee £60

Grove Atlantic: Bring on the Apocalypse £84.04

Random House: HEAT £103.39

Books sent by publishers / authors

The End of Growth: Adapting to Our New Economic Reality Clairview Books

Where Does Money Come From? A Guide to the UK Monetary and Banking System New Economics Foundation

Reinventing Discovery: The New Era of Networked Science Princeton University Press

Amazon Sky Rainforest Rescue

The Impact of China on Global Commodity Prices: The Global Reshaping of the Resource Sector Routledge

Carbon Democracy: Political Power in the Age of Oil Verso

Green Philosophy: How to Think Seriously About the Planet Atlantic Books

Nuclear Roulette: The Case Against a ‘Nuclear Renaissance’ The International Forum on Globalization

October 2011

Royalties

Guardian: Syndication fee £48

Macmillan: Captive State £196.30

Open University: Bring on the Apocalypse £108

Train ticket

Panorama £126

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Tipping Point: The End of Oil (DVD) Clearwater

Wood: A History (Uncorrected Proof) Polity Press

1493: How Europe’s Discovery of the Americas Revolutionized Trade, Ecology and Life on Earth Granta

Who Speaks for the Climate: Making Sense of Media Reporting on Climate Change Cambridge University Press

The Imperial Messenger: Thomas Friedman at Work Verso

Targeting Israeli Apartheid: A Boycott Divestment and Sanctions Handbook Corporate Watch

23rd-30th September 2011

Royalties

HarperCollins: Age of Consent £365.86

Books sent by publishers / authors

The World We Want to Live In: 14th Annual Forum 200 Conference (Conference report) Forum 2000 Foundation

Testing Times: The Effectiveness of Five International Biodiversity-related Conventions Wolf Legal Publishers

Naked Fashion: The New Sustainable Fashion Revolution New Internationalist Publications

The Great Disruption: How the Climate Crisis Will Transform the Global Economy Bloomsbury Publishing Plc

Duels and Duets: Why Men and Women Talk So Differently Cambridge University Press

The Politics of Climate Change (second edition, uncorrected proof) Polity Press

Reinventing Discovery: The New Era of Networked Science (uncorrected proof) Princeton University Press

23 Things They Don’t Tell You About Capitalism Penguin Group

Energy, the Subtle Concept: The discovery of Feynman’s blocks from Leibniz to Einstein Oxford University Press

Barbarians of Oil: How the world’s oil addiction threatens global prosperity and four investments to protect your wealth John Wiley and Sons