Meat Diet Threat as Climate Stews

A thick slab of beef browning in a skillet of oil could make way for braised quinoa or a tempeh confit. But don’t expect meat lovers to chain themselves to bridge pylons in protest. The conversion to a country of beany-boilers will arrive slowly, just as a warming climate crept unawares. Gone will be theContinue reading “Meat Diet Threat as Climate Stews”

Ten Reasons Why Politicians are Scary

If you don’t think the smiling face printed on a sheet of Corflute and hung from a front yard fence is scary, think again. Chances are that smiling face is the effulgent kisser of a politician and it is indeed spooky. Politicians do not set out to be purposely scary– most are ordinary people inContinue reading “Ten Reasons Why Politicians are Scary”

Brexit or Can I Have My Money Back

Last Thursday seventy-two percent of the UK’s population turned up to vote and just over half of them voted to leave the European Union. Days later, a petition supported by more than three million signatures called for  the government to annul the decision. In other words, they want their money back. In 1971 Gerry RaffertyContinue reading “Brexit or Can I Have My Money Back”