‘When Russia invaded Ukraine we sold out of gas masks, nuclear protection stuff, potassium tablets. We did a month’s trade in a day and a half.’Photograph: Simon Belcher/Alamy This is a great time to ...

After the government advised households to have enough supplies for at least three days in case of a national emergency, attention has turned to people whose doomsday preparations are a way of life.

Do you have your “bug-out bag” (BOB) ready for when the “s*** hits the fan” (SHTF), or will you “bug in” for “the end of the world as we know it” (TEOTWAWKI)? This jargon is well understood within ...

After a recent playdate, a dad friend of mine told me that he and his family would be able to survive off-grid during a national crisis. He’s well prepared for it, in fact. He stockpiles food in barns ...

Juli Gittinger keeps a bag packed with iodine pills and a machete. “It’s good for getting through brush,” she explained to me recently. Gittinger’s mind churns with images of a future in which she ...

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Tom Doig receives funding from the Creative Australia Literature Board for the book project "We Are All Preppers Now" Jordan McKenzie receives funding from an ARC Discovery Project 'How parents manage ...