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I do not enjoy organised activities, and that includes playing any kind of game or taking part in anything that a group of people has decreed is ‘fun’. Even the word ‘games’ makes me break out in hives and takes me back to rounders-related torture at

To me, greens are found in the supermarket, prepackaged with a price tag. Foraging has never occurred to me. But reading foraging aficionado Andy Hamilton’s new book, The First-Time Forager, I wondered if I’ve been missing out on something spectacula

For every day of the 10 years that I worked full-time at the National Theatre, commissioning plays and writing adaptations for the stage, I walked along the river front that runs outside the building. When the NT was sited on the South Bank in the ea

Greenhouse gas emissions (GHG) from human sources are the main problem. We are dumping 40 billion tonnes of carbon dioxide and other GHG into the atmosphere each year. That has raised average global temperatures by about +0.2°C per decade over the pa

Fossil fuels are running out. Fortunately chemical engineers like Yasmin Ali are not running out of ideas. On a Zoom call with Big Issue, Yasmin Ali laughs when asked what she does for a living. “Where do I start?” Between speaking engagements and he

On the night of 14 May 1943, something new and terrifying hurtled towards the dam holding Abberton Reservoir in place. Flying at a well-calculated 232mph and altitude of 60ft, the Lancaster bombers of 617 Squadron RAF Bomber Command made their approa

The power and potency of Earth Day has waxed and waned since its inception. Originally conceived at the Unesco conference in 1969 as a means of highlighting growing desires for environmental protection, following a serious oil spill in Santa Barbara,

‘Data’ tells you lots of things. It tells you, hopefully, what is happening. For instance, the data on the amount of children in child poverty. The data should throw up the figures, and what direction they are going in: is it increasing, or is it red

From 1950 to 2000, over 80% of the largest armed conflicts worldwide took place in biodiversity hotspots. Last year, analysts from the Europe-based research group Initiative on GHG Accounting of War assessed the climate and environmental damage cause

The Big Issue, 2nd floor, 43 Bath Street, Glasgow G2 1HW letters@bigissue.com @bigissue /bigissueUK @bigissueuk @thebigissue Looking back at the homelessness article and BBC footage of treatment of rough sleepers [Issue 1608, 25-31 March], it

The row around the Commonwealth Games is fascinating. At present, nobody wants to host in 2026. Victoria in Australia pulled out. Neighbouring city Gold Coast, in Queensland, which had suggested it could step in, quickly stepped out. The hokey cokey