Writing

Richard writes on a range of issues – from politics to helping people think about the big questions of life.  Click below to see some of the work he has done and get in touch via the contact page if you’d like to commission anything.

Books

Life – and how to think about it – Big Idea Books, 2021

The Life Trap – and how to escape it – Life Squared, 2018

Modern Life – as good as it gets? – Green Books, 2008

Guides

What am I? – Life Squared, 2021

Lessons from Lockdown – Life Squared, 2021

How to find meaning – Life Squared, 2021

Living Well – Humanists UK, 2017

How to eat and exercise well – Life Squared, 2017

Manifesto for life – Life Squared, 2017

How to be civilised – Life Squared, 2016

How to be alone (and not lonely) – Life Squared, 2015

How to think about death (and life) – Life Squared, 2015

How to achieve less – Life Squared, 2013

The story of energy – Life Squared, 2012

How to have a happier, wiser and better Christmas – Life Squared, 2011

The modern life survival guide – Life Squared, 2010

The problem with consumerism – Life Squared, 2009

The Amazing (how to find peak experience in everyday life) – Life Squared, 2009

How to live ethically – Life Squared, 2009

Articles

How to think about death (and life) – Ehospice magazine 2015

How to be authors of our own lives – in ‘Urban living and consumerism’, eds Wird and Droesser, Theologischer Verlag Zurich, 2014

Living at your own page – Life Squared, 2012

Natural high – Life Squared, 2010

How to appreciate life – Life Squared, 2010

Freedom unwrapped – Life Squared, 2010

Our complex world – Life Squared, 2010

5 things to do instead of shopping – The Ecologist, 2009

How to have a better Christmas – Daisy Green Magazine, 2009

Modern life – Watkins Review, 2008

Why is it so hard to change the world? – ZEP, 2007

The need for donor education – Professional Fundraising, 2006

Active global citizenship – Renewal magazine, 2005

Leaflets

You are here – Life Squared, 2015

Letter from the future – Life Squared, 2014

How to escape your screens – Life Squared, 2013

How to get perspective – Life Squared, 2013

The inner life – Life Squared, 2012

How to get older – Life Squared, 2012

How to consume less – Life Squared, 2012

Consumer kids – Life Squared, 2012

How to connect – Life Squared, 2012

How to escape the email trap – Life Squared, 2011

How to make the world better – Life Squared, 2010

How to be yourself – Life Squared, 2010

Slow down! – Life Squared, 2010

The mind diet – Life Squared, 2009

Better than shopping – Life Squared, 2009

A bit of peace and quiet – Life Squared, 2009

Where am I? – Life Squared, 2009