April 2020

  • Anxiety in Schools (Environmental Concerns) bill

    A backbench MP has proposed an Anxiety in Schools (Environmental Concerns) bill which includes guidance for schools on how to reduce their students' anxiety about the environment.  This is in response to surveys (and anecdotal evidence) which indicate that, to one...

  • Hanami anyone?

    Whether you can really appreciate a Japanese cultural phenomenon outside Japan is a moot point, but in these dark days, why not have a try. Hanami involves losing yourself in the beauty of cherry blossom.  In Japan, as the Times noted...

  • Will it be a fair COP?

    I've learned (it was hardly a secret) that a decision to postpone COP 26 (or not) will be decided not by our many governments, the Lord Mayor of Glasgow, or the brigadier responsible of coming to the aid of civil...