4+ day, 7+ hour ago   (913+ words) Nepal’s flood has reignited the debate about climate reparations Prospect Magazine Nepal’s flood has reignited the debate about climate reparations In 2022, a landmark decision promised that countries hit by climate-related disasters would receive financial support to rebuild. Too little…...

1+ week, 2+ day ago   (951+ words) The brief hailstorm that pulverised our hire car in Switzerland was truly biblical. In the space of a few minutes it had shattered our windscreen in more than 20 places and brought traffic on the A1 outside Zurich to a standstill, with…...

1+ week, 5+ day ago   (555+ words) Something remarkable has happened of late. Ideas that we thought banished to the fringes have come to the centre once more. Autocrats feed eager ears with untruths. Nationalists, feverish with intolerance, call for their neighbours to be imprisoned, deported, cast…...

1+ week, 5+ day ago   (279+ words) We human beings are at our best when we unofficially unite over a special happening. Spontaneously, we go quiet and think. It happened recently when the moon cast a shadow on our Earth, and there was a communal intake of…...

2+ week, 6+ day ago   (107+ words) A lunchtime panel discussion at Labour Party Conference on the risks that extreme heat poses to people with neurological conditions, and what can be done to protect them. Heatwaves are becoming more frequent and severe. Homes are built to retain…...

3+ week, 6+ day ago   (471+ words) The audience at Edinburgh’s Usher Hall danced down the aisles at the end of the opening night of the International Festival this August. It’s not usually like that, I don’t think. The event is rather a grand affair, and the…...