A few months ago, our regular contributing thinker Bruce Menzies* wrote what he describes as a ‘meandering article’ that dealt, in part, with Paul Kingsnorth’s book, Against the Machine. In retrospect, Bruce thinks it may have served readers better had there been more of Kingsnorth’s erudition, and less of his meanders. Given Kingsnorth’s book is, Bruce says, ‘a brilliant book, dealing with the dark matter of our times’, he is now wanting to have another shot at conveying its scope, with liberal use of the author’s words. Here’s Bruce’s next shot. Publication took place last year – a decade after Kingsnorth, an award-winning novelist, relocated from London to the west…