The UN is meeting in Peru to sort out climate change before it's too late – although many (which includes me on my more gloomy days) think it was already too some time ago.  Still, you have to meet to show...

I went to the British Museum's Germany through its objects exhibition the other day, and came away underwhelmed.  This was for a number of reasons. Firstly, I was disappointed at how brief it was, and concluded that I was expected to...

HEFCE has a draft business plan – 2015 to 2015.  Pretty disappointing stuff, but typical of HEFCE's new narrow view of the world.  It is obviously settling into its new role of  just handing out the cash.  ELSA, the English...

Whilst Edinburgh's credulous citizens gawp at their feckless Chinese imports, waiting for the next miracle of creation, Scotland's environmental elite wilfully neglects its indigenous fauna.  Read on for a sad story of neglect and decline.

I was worrying away last week about the plethora of phrases that begin "global ...".  Global citizenship is a prime example.  Then, what should cross by desktop but this: Dear All, Please find attached an invitation to the next DERC seminar:...

In the summer, ELSA, the English Learning and Sustainability Alliance, wrote to David Willetts MP (now reshuffled off the ministerial coil).  The focus, broadly speaking, was to wonder whether the Department for Business, Industry and Skills [BIS] might pump some lead into...

It seems that US citizens spent some $7.4bn in the run up to Hallowe'en.  This included: $2.2bn on confectionery ("candy") $1.1bn on costumes – for kids $1.4bn on costumes – for adults $0.35bn on costumes – for pets That's ~$15 each,...

Steve Martin and I have sent this letter to Nicky Morgan.  I do not anticipate a positive response. Dear Secretary of State, Education and Sustainable Development-The UK Government’s Response? UNESCO’s Director-General, the Crown Prince of Japan and Princess Lalla Hasna...

A recent report "Young Voices", from COIN, says research shows current climate engagement strategies are failing to reach young people.  Adam Corner, COIN’s Research Director, said: “Our research suggests that many young people care deeply and passionately about climate change. However, there has...

I had hoped that no matter how dull the seminar in Birmingham last Friday might turn out to be, the samosas would be brilliant.  Not so; the samosas were dull: flaccid, pasty confections; happily, the rest of the lunch on...