Your worst fears about cultural collapse might be true – here’s what you can do about it

‘In I Eat the Stars, Wilson argues that the world as we know it is in collapse – and that we are too late to avoid the worst.’ Illustration: Guardian Design/Getty Images

In Sarah Wilson’s new book, one page is mostly blank. It’s intended as a reprieve, a neutral space “for you to stare at for a minute while your feelings catch up”.

You will need it. In I Eat the Stars, Wilson argues that the world as we know it is in collapse – and that we are too late to avoid the worst.