This is a comprehensive list of my sources of income, and any hospitality or gifts I receive (except from family and friends), and the income tax I pay, 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 2024 until 31st January 2025, for which I am paid an annual fee of £63,808.36.
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 a full-time assistant, 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 and National Insurance (NI) for that year. In the tax year 2012/13 it was £51,939. I paid £13,133 in income tax and NI for that year. In the tax year 2013/14 it was £60,667. I paid £17,098 in income tax and NI for that year. In the tax year 2014/15 it was £55,557. I paid £15,080 in income tax and NI for that year. In the tax year 2015/16 it was £57,530. I paid £15,876 in income tax and NI for that year. In the tax year 2016/17 it was £57,891. I paid £15,264 in income tax and NI for that year. In the tax year 2017/18 it was £65,392. I paid £17,927 in income tax and NI for that year. In the tax year 2018/19 it was £78,459. I paid £28,029 in income tax and NI for that year. In the tax year 2019/20 it was £93,735. I paid £25,020 in income tax and NI for that year. In the tax year 2020/21 it was £93,578. I paid £43,578 in income tax and NI for that year. In the tax year 2021/22 it was £40,219. I paid £11,686.37 in income tax and NI for that year. In the tax year 2022/23 it was £59,286 I paid £19,874.64 in income tax and NI 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 won’t include the provision of travel, accommodation and food by the organisers of talks and other public events I do, unless I receive more in expenses than the costs I incur. 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 12th October 2024:
I am the co-owner (with my partner and the bank) of our family home.
In 2024, following the death of my parents, I received an inheritance in two installments of £324,298.62 and £748,785.65. I will use some of it for an eco-retrofit of our house. I have begun the process of giving much of the rest away.
In 1994, I bought a £2,000 share in Tinkers Bubble, a small organic farm and low-impact settlement. I do not expect to reclaim it.
I have £66,000 in a building society. I have £8,000 in an ethical bank. I have £790,000 in a National Savings account.
I have been paying into a pension, which is currently due to pay out around £14,000 a year.
I own no other assets.
I have no shareholdings or investment in any company.
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Monthly earnings, gifts and hospitality in addition to regular income (which is detailed above):
October 2024
Royalties
HarperCollins: Age of Consent £45.73
Other income
BBC: Contributor fee £36
Guardian: Syndication fee £300
Manchester Literature Festival: Speaker fee £360
Guardian: Syndication fee £300
September 2024
Royalties
Capitán Swing – Advance: Spanish edition, Invisible Doctrine £1,655.88
Tantor (US): Feral, audiobook £348.51
ALCS: (Authors’ Licensing and Collecting Society) £72.85
Penguin: The Invisible Doctrine £13,964.31
Penguin: Regenesis £5183.03
Penguin: Feral £2417.35
Penguin: This Can’t Be Happening £233.90
August 2024
Royalties
Verso – How did we get into this Mess?; Out of the Wreckage £2975.64
Other income
Double Down News: Speaker fee £360
Charleston Festival: Speaker fee £210
July 2024
Royalties
Mondadori – Advance, Italian edition, Invisible Doctrine £1,824.33
Other income
Bath Festival: Speaker fee £180
Ahimsa Films, Contributor fee £235.15
Sheffield Festival of Debate: Speaker fee £500
June 2024
Royalties
University of Chicago Press: Feral £78.11
Penguin – Advance: US edition, Invisible Doctrine £5,412.74
Penguin – Advance: US Canada edition, Invisible Doctrine £642.90
Other income
Guardian: Syndication fee £210
May 2024
Royalties
Penguin: Advance – The Invisible Doctrine £5,400
Atlantic: Bring on the Apocalypse £8.13
Penguin: Advance – US & Canada editions, Invisible Doctrine £1,497.22
Other income
FIFDH (International Film Festival, Geneva): Contributor fee £257.09
Guardian: commissioned article £2,291.04
Hay Festival: Speaker fee £240
Mentorn Media: Contributor fee, BBC Question Time £180
How To Academy: Speaker fee £600
April 2024
Other income
Trigger Press: Postcard sales £5.00
Desmond Enterology Ltd: Speaker fee £600
Penguin: recording fee, The Invisible Doctrine audiobook £1080
March 2024
Royalties
PLR: Public lending rights, Ireland £11.11
Penguin: Regenesis £13,743.34
Penguin: Feral £2711.73
Penguin: This Can’t Be Happening £361.03
Penguin: advance – share of Turkish version, Regenesis £924.24
ALCS: (Authors’ Licensing and Collecting Society) £1,327.89
PLR: Public lending rights £846.59
Other income
BBC: Contributor fee £72
February 2024
Other income
Trigger Press: Postcard sales £5.00
BBC: Contributor fee £36
January 2024
Other income
BBC: Contributor fee £36
Trigger Press: Postcard sales £2.40
Guardian: Syndication fee £300
BBC: Contributor fee £150
December 2023
Other income
BBC: Contributor fee £150
BBC: Contributor fee £80.40
November 2023
Royalties
Penguin: advance – Dutch version, Regenesis £1,122.07
Penguin: advance – Invisible Doctrine £2,700
Atlantic – Bring on the Apocalypse £3
Other income
Manchester Literary Festival: Speaker fee £360
New Statesman: Commissioned article £1320
Laterza, Pianeta Terra Festival: Speaker fee £4465.80
October 2023
Royalties
Penguin: Regenesis £15657.32
Penguin: Feral, This Can’t Be Happening £3796.16
HarperCollins: Age of Consent £81.18
Other income
Ten Years’ Time: Consultation fee £1200
Guardian: Contributor fee, Guardian Live online event £240
Guardian: Syndication fee £150
Ossigeno: Commissioned article £837.77
September 2023
Royalties
ALCS (Authors’ Licensing and Collecting Society) £52.72
Other income
Double Down News: Speaker fee £360
Trigger Press: Postcard sales £5.60
BBC: Contributor fee £90
Guardian: Syndication fee £90
Lockwood Films: Voiceover work, development £4999.99
August 2023
Royalties
University of Chicago Press: Feral £451.64
Other income
Guardian: Syndication fee £300
BBC: Contributor fee £240
Sydney Writers’ Festival: Speaker fee £210.64
July 2023
Other income
Cheltenham Science Festival: Speaker fee £120
Guardian: Syndication fee £210
Trigger Press: Postcard sales £3.60
BBC: Contributor fee £150
June 2023
Other income
Ambios, Restoring Nature Festival: Speaker fee £170
Hay Festival: Speaker fee £240
Lancaster Environmental Lecture: fee £1200
Bendigo Festival: Speaker fee £495.20
Glass Wall Films: Filming day £600
May 2023
Royalties
Verso: Out of the Wreckage; How did we get into this Mess? £3134.72
Atlantic: Bring on the Apocalypse £7.72
Penguin: advances – paperback; Swedish publication part-payment £41,576
Penguin: balance of advance for Swedish publication £1067.03
Green Books: No Man’s Land, Poisoned Arrows £59.31
Other income
BBC: Contributor fee £72
Imagine Belfast!: Speaker fee £480
Stratford Literary Festival: Speaker fee £180
April 2023
Royalties
Penguin – Feral, Regenesis £8328.74
HarperCollins: Age of Consent £32.56
Other income
Trigger Press: Postcard sales £1.20
American University of Rome: Speaker fee £474.05
University of Wisconsin: Speaker fee £382.14
Riverford Field Kitchen: Lunch on the house £30
March 2023
Royalties
ALCS (Authors’ Licensing and Collecting Society) £1510.50
Leopard Forlag: Advance £1080
Other income
RTE: Contributor fee £38.34
Environmental Defence Society, NZ: Speaker fee £1044.22
February 2023
Royalties
Penguin Random House: Advance £2700
Other income
Stratford Literary Festival: podcast contributor fee £360
PLR: Public lending rights £315.06
January 2023
Other income
Trigger Press: Postcard sales £22.30
Specialist Speakers: Speaker fee £4950
Guardian: Syndication fee £120
December 2022
Other income
Double Down News: Speaker fee £360
Guardian: Syndication fee £210
Guardian: Syndication fee £300
RTE: Contributor fee £33.09
Trigger Press: Postcard sales£13.50
Guardian: Syndication fee £50
BBC: Contributor fee £150
Synthesis Capital: Lunch ?£30
November 2022
Royalties
Atlantic: Bring on the Apocalypse £2.79
Other income
Double Down News: Speaker fee £360
ITN: Contributor fee £90
Blanc Celebracions: Speaker fee £506.33
Guardian: Syndication fee £90
Guardian: Syndication fee £180
Guardian: Syndication fee £180
Guardian: Syndication fee £210
Guardian: Syndication fee £66
Guardian: Syndication fee £270
Guardian: Syndication fee £10
Guardian: Syndication fee £240
TVNZ: Speaker fee £493
Bridport Literary Festival: Speaker fee £200
Falmouth Book Festival: Speaker fee £360
Cambridge Literary Festival: Speaker fee £180
Kendal Mountain Festival: Speaker fee £360
Internazionale Festival: Speaker fee £401
Chouchou Restaurant: Dinner on the house ?£50
October 2022
Other income
Trigger Press: Postcard sales £2.70
Budleigh Salterton Literary Festival: Speaker fee £300
Double Down News: Legacy Speaker fee £12,000
BBC: Contributor fee £150
Guardian: Commissioned article £299.41
Toronto Public Library: Speaker fee £301.80
123V: Lunch on the house ?£30
September 2022
Royalties
ALCS (Authors’ Licensing and Collecting Society) £177.61
Penguin: Feral £2635.17
HarperCollins: Age of Consent £22.26
Other income
Trigger Press: Postcard sales £7.20
Guardian: Commissioned article £805.43 (part-payment)
Orwell Prize for Journalism £3000
August 2022
Royalties
UCP: Feral £548.67
Other income
Trigger Press: Postcard sales £5
BBC: Contributor fee £42
BBC: Contributor fee £90
RTE: Contributor fee £60.96
Wellcome Collection podcast: Contributor fee £120
Speaker fee: Buxton International Festival £150
Guardian: Commissioned article £514.57 (part-payment)
July 2022
Royalties
Green Books: No Man’s Land, Poisoned Arrows £53.07
Other income
Trigger Press: Postcard sales £6
Guardian: Commissioned article £416.16
Speaker fee: Sheffield Festival of Debate £600
Barbican: Voiceover fee £300
BBC: Contributor fee £84
Barbican: Speaker fee £900
Armchair Expert: Microphone, tripod and earphones, for podcast recording: value ?£80
June 2022
Other income
Speaker fee: Bath Festival £180
Speaker fee: Charleston Festival £180
Speaker fee: Aye Write Festival £240
Contribution fee: Why We Read, Penguin Random House £340.20
Speaker fee: KITE Festival £2,400
Speaker fee: Hay Festival £480
Speaker fee: Guardian Live £360
Contribution fee: Guardian article on history of protest £416.16
May 2022
Royalties
Penguin Random House: Advance, Regenesis £40,500
Atlantic: Bring on the Apocalypse £5.49
Verso: How did we get into this Mess?; Out of the Wreckage, £5144.32
Other income
BBC: Contributor fee £36
Penguin: recording fee, Regenesis audiobook £1620.47
April 2022
Royalties
UCP (US) Feral £766.78
Other income
Trigger Press: Postcard sales £6.50
ITN: Contributor fee £90
News UK & Ireland: Contributor fee £36
March 2022
Royalties
Hugo Books: Feral £248.54
ALCS (Authors’ Licensing and Collecting Society) £872.88
Penguin Random House: Feral £4904.89
Other income
Trigger Press: Postcard sales £5
Sky: Contributor fee, Daily Climate Show (five appearances) £600
Barbican: Development & contributor fee £600
February 2022
Royalties
PLR: Public lending rights £293.45
Other income
BBC: Contributor fee £36
Guardian: Syndication fee £240
Don’t Panic: Appearance fee, Fit for Purpose £600
January 2022
Royalties
Green Books: No Man’s Land, Poisoned Arrows £54.34
Other income
Zeppotron: Appearance fee, Frankie Boyle’s New World Order £1800
BBC: Contributor fee £84
December 2021
Royalties
PLR: Public lending rights, Ireland £7.46
Other income
Trigger Press: Postcard sales £5
Boston College: Speaker Fee – part payment £744.66
November 2021
Royalties
Penguin Random House: Advance, Regenesis £27,000.51
Atlantic: Bring on the Apocalypse £6.69
Other income
BBC: Contributor fee £150
Guardian: Weekend magazine article £1599.84
RTE: Contributor fee £36.54
Guardian: Syndication fee £240
ITV: Contributor fee £180
October 2021
Royalties
HarperCollins: Age of Consent £107.15
Macmillan: Nation Without a State £60.50
Other income
BBC: Contributor fee £80.40
Trigger Press: Postcard sales £5
ITV: Contributor fee £225
BBC: Contributor fee £36
September 2021
Royalties
Penguin Random House: Advance, This Can’t Be Happening £1,620
ALCS (Authors’ Licensing and Collecting Society) £121.20
Penguin Random House: Feral £3818.17
Other income
Guardian: Syndication fee £270
August 2021
Other income
Guardian: Syndication fee £90
July 2021
Other income
BBC: Contributor fee £36
The Resurgence Trust, Speaker fee: £2295.61
Spanner Films: Presenter fee for Rivercide £1800
June 2021
Royalties
Verso: Out of the Wreckage, How did we get into this Mess? £7484.51
Other income
Hay Festival: Speaker fee £180
BBC: Contributor fee £36
Guardian: Syndication fee £120
May 2021
Royalties
Macmillan: Captive State £81.49
Atlantic: Bring on the Apocalypse £2.93
The Land Institute: flour and rice ~£20
FarmEd: lunch ~£10
Hay Festival: silver medal for journalism. Value unknown.
April 2021
Royalties
Penguin: Feral £7243.21
HarperCollins: Age of Consent £52.79
Other income
BBC: Contributor fee £90
Barbican: Development fee £300
BBC: Contributor fee £150
March 2021
Royalties
ALCS (Authors’ Licensing and Collecting Society) £819.86
Other income
Trigger Press: Postcard sales £5
Schumacher Centre: Speaker fee (balance of payment) £683.23
OpenDemocracy: Voiceover £600
Guardian: Syndication fee £90
February 2021
Other income
BBC: Contributor fee £84
BBC: Contributor fee £36
FutureFest, Speaker fee £1200
BBC: Contributor fee £150
January 2021
Royalties
UIT, Cambridge: No Man’s Land, Poisoned Arrows £44.77
Other income
Trigger Press: Postcard sales £104.50
Spanner Films: Development fee £1800
PLR: Public lending rights £474.65
Intelligence Squared, Speaker fee £600
December 2020
Royalties
Atlantic: Bring on the Apocalypse £34.82
University of Chicago Press: Feral £794.10
Other income
How To Academy, Speaker fee £1200
PLR: Public lending rights, Ireland £10.28
BBC: Contributor fee £36
Guardian: Syndication fee £360
November 2020
Royalties
Macmillan: Captive State £77.48
Other income
Schumacher Centre: Speaker fee (part-payment) £3719.78
BBC: Contributor fee £150
October 2020
Royalties
ALCS (Authors’ Licensing and Collecting Society) £134.47
Penguin: Feral £5,692.94
HarperCollins: Age of Consent £60.71
Penguin Random House: Advance, This Can’t Be Happening £1,620
Other income
Guardian: Syndication fee £240
Guardian: Syndication fee £150
Guardian: Syndication fee £120
Guardian: Syndication fee £240
September 2020
Royalties
ALCS (Authors’ Licensing and Collecting Society) £134.47
Other income
BBC: Contributor fee £90
BBC: Contributor fee £36
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
Books sent by publishers / authors
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