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Managing Fossil Fuel Decline

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Barry Gardiner MP, Shadow Secretary of State for International Trade & International Climate Change in the UK, makes the case for the urgency of ensuring a smooth transition in revaluing the stranded assets of fossil fuel companies. These are the assets that the companies claim represent the value of the oil and gas they have […]

Natalie Bennett’s Message Concertina’d

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At a time of unprecedented political turmoil, Natalie Bennett – until recently the leader of the Green Party – described her vision of one way forward through the idea of progressive alliances. It was December 2016 in the village library of Long Crendon in Buckinghamshire, where the ‘Green Drinks’ group came together to meet Natalie […]

An Evening with Natalie Bennett

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At a time of unprecedented political turmoil, Natalie Bennett – until recently the leader of the Green Party – described her vision of one way forward through the idea of progressive alliances. It was December 2016 in the village library of Long Crendon in Buckinghamshire, where the ‘Green Drinks’ group came together to meet Natalie […]

The Psychology of Climate Action

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London November 2016: the Climate Psychology Alliance held a conference on the theme of “New Perspectives on Leadership”. Here are the five presentations and the panel discussion that followed. Professor Andrew Samuels – Taking the Green Agenda out of the Margins Sally Weintrobe – On the Uncaring Mindset in Political Leadership Dr Phil Davison – […]

Dr Franny Armstrong

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Exeter Cathedral October 2016 at the Open University Degree Ceremony Prof. Franny Armstrong received the honorary degree of Doctor of the University for her work in documentary film.  

Green Drinks at Hedgerley Wood

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On 9th September 2016, 24 environmentalists from neighbouring villages gathered at Hedgerley Wood for an evening that had ‘inspired and given hope, at last,’ – as one of them put it – ‘that the world can still be saved from climate catastrophe’. Their inspiration and hope sprang from a game-changing idea proposed by Nick Dunlop, the visionary founder of […]

Don Cupitt’s Religious Journey

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One of Britain’s most interesting – and controversial – philosophers of religion looks back on a lifetime grappling with the understanding of Christian faith. He is in conversation with Peter Armstrong, the producer of the original BBC series The Sea of Faith, in which Don Cupitt told the story of the challenges to traditional belief […]

Politics and the Media

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The writer and political satirist Armando Iannucci in conversation with OneWorld’s Anuradha Vittachi. They met shortly after the release of his acclaimed movie on the theme of the Iraq war In the Loop.  

Unearthly Music

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In one of the last interviews Yehudi Menuhin spoke to Fr. Laurence Freeman a few years before his death in 1999. Laurence Freeman remembered: “In my last conversation with him he spoke revealingly about what he heard at the heart of music – a new music he said, something unearthly, the resonances and vibrations on […]

Yes to Life – the cancer revolution

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Suddenly immunotherapy (looking to the body’s own immune system to tackle cancer) is becoming all the rage, with articles like this one in the New York Times. And a new book, The Cancer Revolution, just out from the charity Yes2Life, describes how they have been working with this approach for a decade now, as they […]