Without wolves or lynx, our ecosystems remain barren, depleted and overrun by proliferating deer.
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Down the Drain
Sewage pollution by the water companies is just one of the deadly attacks on our rivers.
So What Would You Do?
Those who dismiss this solution to the greatest threat to Earth systems have a duty to propose a better one. So where is it?
The Best-Laid Plans
The Conservatives promised that communities could reshape their own towns. As the shocking case of Totnes shows, it’s a con.
Bloodhounds
The media’s lust for blood helped march us into the disastrous wars in Afghanistan and Iraq. It wants us to forget that.
The State of It
The government retreats for billionaires, while smashing down our doors.
Lying In State
History, as the government tells it, is one long lie, airbrushing a host of atrocities.
The Machine Stops
The government knowingly and deliberately de-prepared the UK, even as the pandemic began to bite.
Real Life
This coronavirus is the wake-up call for a complacent civilisation.
The Roots of Fascism
When political leaders brazenly flout the law, we are heading towards a very dark place.
Performative Oppression
The government proposes the cultural cleansing of the Romani and Traveller life from Britain.
Embarrassment of Riches
For the sake of life on Earth, we should set an upper limit on the money any person can amass.
Testeria
Fearful masculinity harms both men and women. There are better ways of growing up.
Seal of Approval
How an animal welfare charity ended up endorsing seal killing – and what this says about our age
Obesophobia
In 1976, we ate more than we do today. So why are we fatter?
The Unseen World
To be aware of the wonders of the living planet is to take on an unbearable burden of grief
Covering Fire
The public inquiry into Grenfell Tower will be a farce unless it examines the long-running assault on public protections.
Disavowal
A note on the poison gas attack at Khan Sheikhoun, Syria
Bomb Everyone
Humanitarian arguments, if consistently applied, could be used to flatten the entire Middle East
As It Happened …
A letter to the Travellers’ Solidarity Network.