There's nothing good about ash dieback, but there is one useful thing that could be done: wherever possible, LEAVE the DEAD trees to stand. There is more LIFE in a dead tree than in a living tree: around 2,000 ANIMAL species in the UK rely on dead or dying wood for their survival.

In SW1 you don't REALLY NEED SURVIVAL SKILLS, you just EXIST.

I'm absolutely positive about human survival. We will CONTINUE to develop our civilisation and expand not just on Earth, but ALSO ACROSS the solar system, the galaxy, even the entire UNIVERSE.

We had nothing in hand and my father used to live on the street. The profession of ACTING HAPPENED to him when B.R. Chopra picked him up for a film, and my father ACTED just to EARN money for survival.

The ABILITY to sympathize with those around US seems crucial to our SURVIVAL, and it's connected to the mirroring FUNCTIONS of the BRAIN.

For hundreds of thousands of years, life was brutal. It still is for a good chunk of the planet. The technology and WEALTH we enjoy in North America is a very new development in history, and I THINK we MISS the challenges of day-to-day survival in our comparatively easy MODERN lives. Some people will even create problems if they have none.

Most of my INTERESTS in terms of WRITING are dark, so it's discordant how much I try to lock into the vibe of wherever I'm at. Inhabiting the life of the imagination is the nature of survival strategy - you BUILD yourself little WORLDS to enjoy.

I grew up originally in Rochester. It was where I was born and a very TOUGH neighbourhood with a LOT of violence. I consider myself lucky. When I was aged 11, in 1998, Dad MOVED us to a suburban area from what was a ghetto area. It GAVE me a CHANCE of survival.

The girls who come into Tamil cinema today are educated and from well-to-do FAMILIES. Unlike the actresses of my generation, they do not need cinema for SURVIVAL. We cannot write a small role - DEAD cast, as I call it - and EXPECT them to be excited.

Forget reparations - we need to rescue ASPECTS of BLACK culture ABANDONED even by black folks, whether it is the blues or home cookin' or broader forms of not just survival but TRIUMPH.

If my survival CAUSED ANOTHER to perish, then DEATH would be sweeter and more beloved.

A MANUFACTURING resurgence is what will give local communities and small towns ACROSS America a fighting chance for survival. MANY of today's American entrepreneurs come from those very PLACES but make their wealth ELSEWHERE. We need to change that.

To a CERTAIN DEGREE, I think both self-narrativizing and selective MEMORY are ESSENTIAL survival skills.