History is something you do: ‘I’m not interested in predicting the future, I’m interested in changing it.’
The environment
2026-10-28
2026-10-27: Disaster capitalism with bad incentives - the ultra wealthy simultaneously make money from causing the climate crisis and dealing with its consequences
2026-10-27
2026-10-25
2026-10-18: Once again, drilling the North Sea for fossil fuels shown to be a sub-optimum way of achieving its stated goals
2026-10-16
2026-10-01: Public uproar over plans that might disturb Dobby's grave
2026-09-22
‘Incredibly encouraging’: healing the scars of traditional anchors in Dorset’s seagrass meadows: Eco-anchors work, it seems.
2026-09-04: British people urged to make emergency preparations before next year's weather starts its deadly onslaught
2026-08-29: Developing the UK's North Sea oil fields further would likely end up being a pointless disaster
2026-08-16: One of the exceedingly rare upsides of being in the midst of the UK’s fifth (!!) heatwave of …
2026-07-29: Uh oh, it’s back :( Britain braces for fourth heatwave of year as fire chiefs issue public …
2026-07-13
June heatwave killed up to 440 people a day in England and Wales, data suggests: ‘…about 2,200 heat deaths occurred between 18 and 28 June, a period encompassing the peak 24-26 June period, the study indicated. About 38% were attributed to global heating, the result of the extra heat baked in by the climate crisis.’
2026-07-11: World records are being broken all over the place in recent times. And not in a good way. Is Europe …
2026-07-09: The UK is currently undergoing its third heatwave in as many months. Given we have such a low …
2026-05-16
Declare climate crisis a global public health emergency, experts tell WHO: ‘The international spread of vector-borne disease, such as dengue and chikungunya, as well as the health impacts of extreme weather events, global heating, food insecurity and air pollution make a Pheic necessary…’
2026-05-09: The Dirty Business documentary provides yet more evidence in favour of nationalising water provision in the UK.
2026-03-22
Lockdowns trigger dramatic fall in global carbon emissions: “Responses to coronavirus crisis cause sharpest drop in carbon output since records began”
2026-03-22: The IEA's ten steps to mitigate against the sky-rocketing price of oil
2026-03-21: ‘Record-shattering March temperatures in Western North America virtually impossible without …
2026-03-07
UK must stockpile food in readiness for climate shocks or war, expert warns: ‘The first UK Food Security Report in December 2021 found the country was 54% food self-sufficient’
2025-11-16
Dark forces are preventing us fighting the climate crisis – by taking knowledge hostage: ‘What stifles effective action is a deadly conjunction: the climate crisis running headlong into the epistemic crisis.’
2025-11-13
World still on track for catastrophic 2.6C temperature rise, report finds: ‘That all means the end of agriculture in the UK and across Europe, drought and monsoon failure in Asia and Africa, lethal heat and humidity’
2025-10-20: Talks I attended from New Scientist Live 2025
2025-10-15
Towns may have to be abandoned due to floods with millions more homes in Great Britain at risk: More climate change related disasters(plus poor building decisions).