By Jade Lee When you think of homelessness, what images immediately come to mind? A dishevelled man in the middle of the day, asleep on a park bench clenching a paper bag and few possessions perhaps? Our misconceptions malign our marginalised minorities. On a wild winter’s night feeling safe and secure under my roof, in

By Phil Smith In case you missed it – and I am sure you haven’t – biodiversity is being lost hand over fist. What don’t our governments – indeed, any governments around the world – understand about the importance of protecting ecosystem health?  Biodiversity and ecosystem health are not just nice things to have, like

By Stuart Rees No need to be a wowser to insist that respect for truth cements civil society and that personal relationships, conduct in organisations and the implementation of governments’ policies depend on claims based on proven facts.   Exchange of truths contributes to trust, but if trust is absent, shared values, and mutual obligations

By Andy Hutchinson Like the Magna Carta of 1215, which failed because neither side kept to its commitments, Prince Charles's new Terra Carta is also doomed. His green manifesto is well-meaning (as many of his initiatives are), but like so many schemes that went before it, it makes one crucial mistake. Since the topic of

By Stuart Rees Four fault lines across US politics explain the fragility of democracy and the invasion and violence on the Capitol building. Like a thug armed with high explosives, President Trump exploited each fault line and then lit the dynamite to guarantee an explosion. The first fault line concerns centuries of racism and consequent