About a year ago, I said to my then tennis partner, a Frenchman, that when the Queen passes it will be a momentous event for…
System renewal. Challenging established notions. Reimagining our societies.
System renewal. Challenging established notions. Reimagining our societies.
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In October of 2002, through the good influence of Wendell Berry, I was invited to a small gathering at the historic town hall in Zug,…
We are living in troubled times. Energy and food prices going through the roof. Spiralling inflation. Seismic geopolitical shifts. Record breaking temperatures. Wildfires on the…
I will wager that on Sunday 31 July 2022, I was the only person in the 87,192 strong Wembley crowd who could also claim to…
Alessia Russo’s back heel goal against Sweden will deservedly go down in football legend as one of the cheekiest and most inspired moments of the…
The world economy is shrinking and the population is increasing. Food poverty is spreading. Seen from the top-down the future looks bleak. Our growth-led system…
The headlines (sic.) in The Guardian don’t do full justice to the proposals I make in the paper published today – How to Pay for…
I just received a letter from Greening Steyning, my local green ginger group – urging us to support a new solar energy farm locally. It…
Content warnings: Discussions of transphobia, homophobia, mental health issues in relation to these forms of discrimination and conversion therapy… I spent my Saturday a few…
This article first appeared in The Guardian Campaigners are calling on the government to back a £350m high street buyout fund that would bring communities,…
Recent increases in energy costs and their impact on local and national economies have made us aware of the possibility that the economy is an…
A confluence of crises—lockdowns and business closures, mandates and worker shortages, supply chain disruptions and inflation, sanctions and war—have compounded to trigger food shortages; and…