Clive Simpson
@simpsonclive.bsky.social
Journalist & Editor (space, environment & climate). Author of FLOOD WATERS DOWN - a grounded climate thriller set in the flooded Fens. Bookshops & online. https://www.amazon.co.uk/Flood-Waters-Down-Clive-Simpson/dp/1739737415/ref=sr_1_1
Climate change, AI and dystopian futures. There should be plenty for @amylilwall.bsky.social & @simpsonclive.bsky.social to talk about next weekend as they kick-off Threekingham's Boutique Literary Festival. Lots of other authors to meet & chat to as well - all in the lovely Three Kings Organic.
Enjoyed a few days on the Norfolk coast near Cromer. Lots of good photo opps including this one of local fishermen returning to Overstrand beach with their boat and catch of North Sea lobster. #photography #landscape #norfolk
Excited to be at Threekingham Boutique Literary Festival with @simpsonclive.bsky.social on Saturday 29th August. All welcome and free to all 💙📚🌊
When climate denial runs out of road, the plutocrats try nihilism. Tice's intervention here where he invites people to 'enjoy' climate breakdown is fundamentally of the same (genocidal) logic as Boris Johnson declaring 'let the bodies pile high' during Covid. www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
Reform’s Tice says people should stop fighting climate crisis and ‘enjoy’ heat
Deputy leader says it is ‘arrogant’ to try to halt global heating, despite UK being left reeling by summer firewave
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"It was barely nine o’clock in the morning and already the outside temperature was edging towards thirty degrees centigrade..." When I wrote Flood Waters Down, I was imagining a near-future Britain reshaped by climate change & moral ambiguity. Today it feels all too close. Bookshops & online now.
Temperatures have already reached 35°C, and it's only midday This is now provisionally the 9th day in 2026 with temperatures reaching 35°C or more 🌡️
"It was barely nine o’clock in the morning and already the outside temperature was edging towards thirty degrees centigrade..." When I wrote Flood Waters Down, I was imagining a near-future Britain reshaped by climate change & moral ambiguity. Today it feels all too close. Bookshops & online now.
Sounds woefully inadequate. Needs a whole department. Most politicians just don't seem to have a clue what to do. It's just too big - a kind of 'reverse denial' manifesting itself as the inability to act. #climatecrisis #heatwave #FloodWatersDown #Cobra www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Just 20 of 6,600 Defra staff working on climate adaptation amid drought and wildfires
Exclusive: England ‘desperately unprepared’ for effects of crisis including water shortages and heatwaves
theguardian.com
Sounds woefully inadequate. Needs a whole department. Most politicians just don't seem to have a clue what to do. It's just too big - a kind of 'reverse denial' manifesting itself as the inability to act. #climatecrisis #heatwave #FloodWatersDown #Cobra www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Just 20 of 6,600 Defra staff working on climate adaptation amid drought and wildfires
Exclusive: England ‘desperately unprepared’ for effects of crisis including water shortages and heatwaves
theguardian.com
We have failed to shift the narrative and we are still caught up in the same legal, economic and political systems. #Booksky #TheSentientOnes #climatechange www.ipolitics.ca/2025/07/02/i...
‘It’s too late’: David Suzuki says the fight against climate change is lost
In our first edition, iPolitics caught up with David Suzuki, noted environmentalist and longtime host of 'The Nature of Things' on CBC. At 89-years-old, Suzuki remains a fierce advocate for global cli...
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Reform UK leader’s non-disclosure of a £5 million ‘gift’ from a crypto billionaire could amount to a criminal offence, leading democracy groups allege. open.substack.com/pub/bylineti...
Nigel Farage Reported to Met Police Over Alleged Misconduct in Public Office
The Reform UK leader’s non-disclosure of a £5 million ‘gift’ from a crypto billionaire could amount to a criminal offence, leading democracy groups allege
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I asked a local man in his 80's, “Have you ever seen it here in a similar state?” “No. Never,” he said. #Booksky #TheSentientOnes #climatechange euobserver.com/231566/want-...
Want to see the climate crisis? Go to the banks of the dried-up Danube
With the river too shallow for freight, a nuclear plant almost offline and big firms ordered to curb power use, Hungary’s heatwave is rippling straight into citizens’ jobs, bills and fears of blackout...
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Most politicians just don't seem to have a clue what to do. It's just too big. It's a kind of 'reverse denial' manifesting itself as the inability to act. #climatecrisis #heatwave #flooding #Booksky
Cliftop Publishing@cliftop.bsky.social · 2w ago"It was barely nine o’clock in the morning & already the outside temperature was edging towards thirty degrees centigrade as the sun climbed into a cloudless sky of menacing blue..." Flood Waters Down - this year's must-read climate thriller! #heatwave #books www.amazon.co.uk/Flood-Waters...
⚠️⚠️ Amber weather warning issued ⚠️⚠️ Extreme heat across eastern parts of England Thursday 0900 – 2359 Latest info 👉 bit.ly/WxWarning Stay #WeatherAware ⚠️
Lincolnshire and the East Midlands join UK's drought-stricken summer. www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026...
Three-quarters of England in drought as summer’s fifth heatwave looms
Four more regions given drought status, putting 27 million people under restrictions on water use
theguardian.com
Very appreciative of the reviews so far for my debut novel Flood Waters Down, among them this one from @authorbnugent.bsky.social on @centralbylines.co.uk Lots of lovely comments on the writing and compelling story-line from readers too. It's much more than just a climate thriller!
Cliftop Publishing@cliftop.bsky.social · 2w ago
Very weird to be living for weeks through what has so far been the worst UK drought since records began and for the Prime Minister to have still said absolutely nothing about it
The BAMS State of the Climate report for 2025, published today, shows that the global climate set several new records, including atmospheric concentration of carbon dioxide, the loss of glacial ice from mountain regions, and the dryness of global soils. Read more ⬇️ buff.ly/tkbuQdS
Interesting drought & heatwave discussions in the UK media at last. But drought, floods, heatwaves, fires & food security are all part of the same story. Flood Waters Down is an engaging story about what climate change could mean for people, communities & society www.amazon.co.uk/Flood-Waters...
Flood Waters Down : Simpson, Clive A: Amazon.co.uk: Books
Flood Waters Down : Simpson, Clive A: Amazon.co.uk: Books
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Alarming charts that reveal a planet in peril – as experts warn record-breaking heatwaves are just the start …the case for net zero has never been clearer. www.independent.co.uk/climate-chan...
The alarming charts that reveal a planet in peril
From record-breaking heatwaves and worsening droughts to deadly wildfires, experts say this record-breaking summer means the case for net zero has never been clearer
independent.co.uk
The story behind how @simpsonclive.bsky.social wrote his climate thriller #FloodWatersDown, which is set in a near-future version of the South Lincolnshire Fens. Read the author's fascinating introduction on his latest blog post. #Booksky #author #bookshops simcomm.blogspot.com/2026/08/why-...
Why I wrote Flood Waters Down
Topical comment and travel writing
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With AI hitting the headlines all the time now, I'm surprised more people haven't discovered The Sentient Ones by @authorbnugent.bsky.social Gritty & thought-provoking, it feels ever more relevant & uncomfortably plausible every day. Sometimes fiction gets there before reality. #Booksky #future
Nine ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Amazon ratings now for Flood Waters Down. "Really good book and different to anything else out there I've read..." If you're looking for climate fiction grounded in today's realities, perhaps it's time to visit the flooded Fens. #ClimateFiction #EcoThriller #heatwave #Booksky
The growing threat of space debris - now impacting the Moon as well. www.theguardian.com/science/2026...
Drifting SpaceX rocket heading for accidental collision with moon
Scientists and sky gazers will watch intently as rocket’s upper stage slams into lunar surface on Wednesday
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