Year: 2008

Strange Fruit

A hard commercial logic dictates that the only way to get good fruit today is to grow your own.

Who brought down the cooling towers in South Yorkshire?

A new wave of food colonialism is snatching food from the mouths of the poor.

Do you want to save the biosphere or boost your own brand of politics? You can’t do both.

Why is the US government still pouring billions into missile defence?

Arthur Scargill has challenged me to a duel. Name your date, sir.

At least we have some ideals to fall short of.

The climate camp outside the Kingsnorth power station is contesting the biggest issue of them all

Iran is the least of the world’s offenders against non-proliferation.

A Proposal to Hamish Mykura, Head of Documentaries, Channel 4

A cunning new loophole has wrecked the government’s Climate Change Bill.

A response to Channel 4’s head of documentaries, Hamish Mykura

The Great Global Warming Swindle is just one example of Channel 4’s war against the greens

People love films like The Great Global Warming Swindle, because they tell us what we want to believe.

England’s mediaeval libel laws are becoming a global menace to free speech

Why are governments subsidising the destruction of the marine environment?

A radical new idea could save the world’s ecosystems. But what will it do to the economy?

Crime is down, convictions are down, but the prisons are bursting. Why?

What has happened to Bush’s secret prisoners?

Peasant farmers offer the best chance of feeding the world. So why do we treat them with contempt?