Fellow creatures: the new GCSE in natural history
The new GCSE in natural history is a vital step toward restoring our knowledge of and respect for the natural...
Read moreDetailsColin Tudge is a biologist by education and a writer by trade; ex of New Scientist, Farmer’s Weekly, BBC Radio 3; co-founder of the Oxford Real Farming Conference; and author of about 18 books inc The Variety of Life, The Secret Life of Trees, The Secret Life of Birds and several on food and farming. In the latest (The Great Re-Think) and in his website (www.colintudge.com) he argues that we now need a people-led global Renaissance to pull ourselves back from the brink of total meltdown.
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The new GCSE in natural history is a vital step toward restoring our knowledge of and respect for the natural...
Read moreDetailsReflecting on Donald Trump's leadership, the author emphasizes the power of compassion, humility, and unity to shape a better future
Read moreDetailsDishonest and selfish people often achieve power with popular support. Politicians of principle still exist, and often suffer persecution
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Read moreDetailsIs the world now in the state that George Orwell described 80 years ago in one of the greatest of...
Read moreDetailsIs it time for the Labour Party to return to its socialist roots? This writer argues that it should have...
Read moreDetailsIs it time for the Labour Party to return to its socialist roots? This writer argues that it should have...
Read moreDetailsAgriculture is the most important thing that humans do. We absolutely have to get it right. Why won’t the powers-that-be...
Read moreDetailsIn the first of a series, Colin Tudge takes a foray into metaphysics and evolutionary theory to explore what drives...
Read moreDetailsNeither of the leading political parties in Britain has proper respect for the natural world. Indeed both are a million...
Read moreDetailsColin Tudge looks at the reasons for bad government. He asks: why are our politicians so badly educated – and...
Read moreDetailsWhy do our governments fail us? The reasons lie partly in our biology, partly in logistics – and partly in...
Read moreDetailsColin Tudge continues his deliberation on how the country has been let down by its political class.
Read moreDetailsEconomic strategies worldwide take precious little account of the world’s real problems, says Colin Tudge
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