March 2019

  • Male, pale and stale

    I see that a jobbing duchess has been foolish enough to describe universities as “male, pale and stale”.  This is an easy gibe to make if you don't look carefully into background data, and which busy duchess has time for...

  • Monbiot misses much of the point

    No doubt you read George Monbiot's piece in the Guardian the other week on the school climate strikes.  I was underwhelmed in part, at least, because of its diffuse focus.  But it was the failure to mention curriculum that was...

  • A manifesto for youth climate strikers

    Today's guest blog is by Dr Stephen Martin, WWF Fellow and Policy Advisor to the UK National Commission for UNESCO. George Monbiot (Guardian 20 February) is right to support and celebrate the global movement of young people who have begun a series...