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Small Is Bountiful

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

I didn’t get my man, but I helped to remind people what he’s done.

The Charge Sheet

An open letter to King Abdullah of Saudi Arabia

The most rightwing government Britain has had since the Second World War does not deserve to be re-elected.

Guantanamo Bay is killing people thousands of miles away.

Is the airship a viable alternative to jet travel?

What more can the government shut down? Oh yes, doctors’ surgeries.

Rupert Murdoch doesn’t even have to ask to get what he wants.

If you care about hunger, eat less meat.

How to grow vegetables without breaking your back

The employment figures attached to large projects tend to be codswallop.

The government’s plans for clean coal are another great green scam.

Beware of privatisation schemes dressed up as customer choice.

As the evidence accumulates, the Evening Standard’s allegations of terrorist planning have fallen apart.

Religious conservatives are responsible for high abortion rates

As government documents show, Sir Nicholas Stern accidentally launched a trade in human lives.

A new generation of biofuels turns out to be another environmental disaster

Big money trumps everything in politics, even the most dearly-held beliefs