Text of lecture given to the Royal Society of Arts, and printed in their magazine
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The Immigrants the Tabloids Love
The rightwing campaign against economic migrants may not be as irrational as it appears.
Costing the Earth
Costing the Earth
This Is What We Paid For
Britain’s foreign aid has been used to bankroll a programme for mass starvation
Just Fade Away
It’s time to lighten up about falling birthrates.
Born Yesterday
Review of The Day After Tomorrow
Waging War with the Virgin Soldiers
Abstinence teaching is a disaster for teenagers.
The Fossil Fools
The dismissal of climate change by journalistic nincompoops is a danger to us all
Apocalypse Please
US policy towards the Middle East is driven by a rarefied form of madness. It’s time we took it seriously.
Victim’s Licence
Our fairytale version of Rwanda’s genocide has allowed us to overlook the government’s own crimes against humanity
The Bones of the Saint
Remarks at the launch of Scott Lucas’s book The Betrayal of Dissent
Jump on our Bandwagon
The corporations’ Achilles heel is the environment. It’s time for the left to hit it.
The British Threat
By hardening its position on nuclear weapons, Labour is encouraging proliferation
Battle of the Manifestos
Battle of the Manifestos
A Charter to Intervene
We need new international laws to tell us whether or not force is justified.
Low Hanging Fruit
The superstores are mopping up the last pockets of resistance
Seeds of Distraction
The biotech companies want us to consider everything except their motives.
Extreme Measures
We can’t rely on the Establishment to topple Tony Blair: we must do it ourselves.
The Sleaze Behind Our Science
The conflicts of interest revealed by the MMR story are everywhere.
Mighty Mouse
Disney’s infantilisation of our culture masks a hard, hegemonic will