Why ‘lest we forget’ just isn’t enough
Just lately, these three little words have been everywhere – lest we forget. Hardly surprising, I know, around the time of...
11 November 2020
Sean
2020
Why I’m not scared of the coronavirus: Binary outlooks and a toxic news agenda are far worse
Today I was asked if I’m worried about the coronavirus. The conversation very quickly moved on to, “so what’s all...
1 March 2020
A junk food diet can impair your brain, study finds
Eating food that is high in salt, fats and added sugars could harm your cognitive abilities. That’s one of the...
21 February 2020
This man ran across the USA to raise awareness of plastic pollution
It’s around 4,800 kilometres from New York to Los Angeles – coast-to-coast, northeast to southwest, across the mountains, plains and...
5 February 2020
Here’s what you need to know about the UK’s booming second-hand economy
On 1 June 1941, with Europe in turmoil as the Second World War raged, Oliver Lyttelton, who was President of...
24 January 2020
This woman survived genocide and now champions mental health for the young
Grace Gatera is humble, self-effacing, and quietly spoken. That you can hear her at all is almost something of a...
10 January 2020
2019
How to solve homelessness – lessons from around the world
It’s estimated around 150 million people worldwide are homeless – around 2% of the global population. But the actual number could be...
18 December 2019
Corruption costs developing countries $1.26 trillion every year
Corruption takes many forms. It is often thought of as a problem that mostly affects developing countries. But while the...
9 December 2019
5 things you might not know about Leonardo da Vinci
When Leonardo da Vinci’s Salvator Mundi was auctioned at Christie’s in New York, it fetched the highest ever price for a painting...
30 October 2019
Algae, AI and glacial melting
If you were dropped in the middle of the Arctic, how long do you think you’d survive for? Not long....
29 October 2019