A gentler way

In his book “Religion for Atheists”, the philosopher Alain de Botton outlined the following paradox about education: despite the importance that secular society attaches to it, the education we receive is largely irrelevant to our lives. It fails to teach us wisdom, or provide much guidance on how to be happy and fulfilled. Hence his…

On 25 June 2020, a day when the temperature reached 38 degrees C in Siberia, the UK Committee on Climate Change published its latest progress report to parliament. The thrust of the report is that much more urgency is needed in greening our economy in order to meet carbon reduction targets. The report places particular…