A gentler way

Yesterday, the Tony Blair Institute published a report with a foreword by Tony Blair, in which he argued that limiting fossil fuels is “doomed to fail”. People in developed countries are being asked to make “financial sacrifices”, he wrote, “when they know their impact on global emissions is minimal”. According to Blair, current Net Zero…

A few months ago, I went to see Simon Reeve talk at The Hexagon in Reading. I love Reeve’s travelogues, which provide such a rich sense of places I’m very unlikely ever to visit – their flora and fauna, their people. Reeve is certainly very watchable and engaging to listen to. I confess I was…