Stuart Wise

Content on or about Stuart Wise (1943-2021), writer, construction worker, proletarian ecologist and member of King Mob. Stuart was the twin brother of David Wise.

Lindsay Oil Refinery at night

A B(g)rief Relationship - and a wildcat strike at Lindsey oil refinery in early 2009

Stuart Wise on doomed relationship juxtaposed with the Lindsey oil refinery strike. Originally…

Arthur Scargill being interviewed at Kingsnorth climate camp 2008

Kingsnorth 2008/Lisbon 1982. Miners and ecos. Monbiot & Scargill

A 1982 wall poster by the Wise Brothers and Phil Meyler on ecology, followed by a 2008 critique -…

Physicist Freeman Dyson

Energy & Freeman Dyson - Stuart Wise

In the form of letters and related to the "Energy & Extinction" text, a discussion on the limitations of Freeman Dyson in relation to Rimbaud and…

Hydrology and a critique of the eco-city - Stuart and David Wise

Thoughts on the eco-city and the failure of early emancipatory projects such as psychogeography to…

Billboard with the slogan "Urban Energy" and a skateboarder. Graffiti saying "Best Among Ruins" has been added

The London Olympics and Mass Market Neo-Psychogeography - The Monstrous Bastards

Origins and Reflections on the Crap Surrounding an Aestheticised, Lowest Common Denominator, Mass…

Open Letters to Susan Stead - David & Stuart Wise

Letters to the secretary of Bradford Urban Wildlife Group regarding the Lepidoptera of Woodhall Quarries, Bradford, West Yorks. Open letters as a…

Edward Newman: a critique - David & Stuart Wise

Comments on the naturalist and author of "The Natural History Of British Butterflies and Moths" from the 1860s. Plus a compilation of his…

Bio-economy or Bio-Industrialisation? - Stuart Wise (2008)

A discussion about the heavily capitalised bio-economy fields and how ecology has been press-ganged…

A Malicious Dunciad in Newcastle - Stuart Wise

Random recollections of a malicious dunciad living in Newcaslte-Upon-Tyne during the 1960s. First Written in late 2004 followed by a slight…

Energy and Extinction - Stuart Wise (2004)

A long discussion on present energy options and the often dire options the state now has to confront. Some reflections on the approaching energy…

M-m-m-miners - Stuart Wise

Britain's energy industries and coal mining communities following the 1984-5 miners strike. Written circa 2004. Taken from the Revolt Against…

Dingy Skipper butterfly

Scientists and Social Crap - Stuart Wise (2007)

An evaluation of four early 20th century British scientists and their radical social inclinations. Comments too on some contemporary theorists of…