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Parklife

Our national parks are ecological deserts, run for the benefit of a tiny minority. It’s time we reclaimed them.

Commonhealth

A remarkable experiment suggests that emergency admissions to hospital can be reduced by tackling loneliness

Resisting Resistance

A US-UK trade deal threatens to export the horrors of US corporate livestock production

Revolt of the Robots

How we can find meaning, purpose and pride when the workplace no longer offers them

The Sting

Repeated warnings that the Private Finance Initiative was an outrageous rip-off, dumping ultimate risks on the taxpayer, were ignored

Eating the Earth

A rough transcript of my speech at the Oxford Farmers’ Conference debate, on the motion “This House Believes Eating Meat Will Be A Thing of the Past by 2100”

Comfort Zone

If you want to see real no-platforming, look at the newspapers

The Unseen World

To be aware of the wonders of the living planet is to take on an unbearable burden of grief

Driven Mad

How the waste and inefficiency of neoliberalism attacks our children’s health

Everything Must Go

Economic growth will destroy everything. There’s no way of greening it – we need a new system.

Rogue State

How the guardians of nationhood conspire in its destruction.

Toxic Atmosphere

How a chemical weapons attack in Syria spawned a shameful series of conspiracy theories

Rooting Out Democracy

The Sheffield tree massacre is one result of the monstrous, impenetrable officialdom that neoliberalism creates