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Where I’ve Gone
I’m still alive – but keeping quiet about it. Read more.
The Lesser Evil
I am starting to hate the European Union. But I will vote to stay in. Read more.
Rigging the Market
Oil, the industry that threatens us with destruction, is being bailed out with public money Read more.
Rare Specimen
My interview, in his 90th year, with Sir David Attenborough Read more.
Mumbo-Jumbo Jets
I see the people on trial for occupying a runway at Heathrow as democratic heroes. Read more.
Scorched Earth Conservation
National park authorities inflict mass destruction on wildlife and habitats, then call it conservation Read more.
Sex Pests
Who is most responsible for high abortion rates? The religious right. Read more.
Trickle-Down Theory
How the government learnt absolutely nothing from the recent floods. Read more.
All Change
An ability to contest the circumstances of our birth is an essential element of our humanity. Read more.
Going Downhill Fast
How public money and crazy policies speed water off the land and into our homes Read more.
Sacrifice
The joints of meat that do more damage than a long-haul flight Read more.
Walk on the Wild Side
Rewilding, hillwalking and the extraordinary history of these islands. Read more.
Life and Death
The remarkable decline in violence between humans suggests that we could also restrain our violence against the planet. Read more.
Cop-Out
The COP21 climate talks in Paris were not the success that governments claim, but a disastrous failure. Read more.
A Storm of Ignorance
Censoring official advice, stripping the hills and rivers, the government ensures that disasters like the Cumbria floods will keep recurring. Read more.
Look Around
There are plenty of real problems with aircraft emissions. But thousands of people are obsessed instead with a fairy tale. Read more.
Churchill Syndrome
Why is the government so quick to bomb, yet so slow to act on climate change? Read more.
Putting the Con into Consultation
An online tool that changes your answers is not the only problem with this attempt to fake public consent for dredging a dolphin reserve. Read more.
False Promise
The belief that economic growth can be detached from destruction appears to be based on a simple accounting mistake. Read more.