Blog

Green Brexit Greenwash - and Some More Cheerful...

I have read a great deal about the government's plans for the environment - a Green Brexit. I have heard Michael Gove speak about it, earlier this year. I read...

Green Brexit Greenwash - and Some More Cheerful...

I have read a great deal about the government's plans for the environment - a Green Brexit. I have heard Michael Gove speak about it, earlier this year. I read...

Blacksmithing

Blacksmithing

I like a bit of craft. I've been on dry stone walling and hedge laying courses, and afterwards really enjoyed trying to impersonate someone who knew what they were doing....

Blacksmithing

I like a bit of craft. I've been on dry stone walling and hedge laying courses, and afterwards really enjoyed trying to impersonate someone who knew what they were doing....

Common Ground

Common Ground

Common Ground is a wonderfully slippery fish. It's a charity founded by Sue Clifford and Angela King, which according to its unique website "seek(s) imaginative ways to engage people with...

Common Ground

Common Ground is a wonderfully slippery fish. It's a charity founded by Sue Clifford and Angela King, which according to its unique website "seek(s) imaginative ways to engage people with...

The Tragedy of the Commons

To get a break from Donald Trump at Davos I've been learning about the "tragedy of the commons". It's an idea coined in the 19th century and revived by ecologist...

The Tragedy of the Commons

To get a break from Donald Trump at Davos I've been learning about the "tragedy of the commons". It's an idea coined in the 19th century and revived by ecologist...

Green Crap Redux

David Cameron's "green crap" moment was deeply depressing. Not just because of the policy change it indicated, but because it suggested the electorate didn't care about it. The environment had...

Green Crap Redux

David Cameron's "green crap" moment was deeply depressing. Not just because of the policy change it indicated, but because it suggested the electorate didn't care about it. The environment had...

Jeremy Clarkson

Jeremy Clarkson was the jokey boy at school. He kept you amused by taking the piss out of teachers and less popular kids. He wasn't the sort of bloke who...

Jeremy Clarkson

Jeremy Clarkson was the jokey boy at school. He kept you amused by taking the piss out of teachers and less popular kids. He wasn't the sort of bloke who...