Can we talk about plastic? I expect, like me, you’ll have seen pictures and read articles about the rising tide of discarded plastic ch...

One of our friends who reads here sent me a link to this article about ‘affluenza’ — consumerism, materialism, addiction to shopping — and...

I’m a Methodist. In our denomination (I expect it’s the same in yours) any of us who hold a responsibility must undergo regular checks and ...

A few months ago a friend I rarely see crossed paths with me, and began to say how nice it would be to meet up. The opening words used were...

I looked up a book by Alison Freer , published in May 2015 and called How To Get Dressed , recommended on Anuschka Rees’s blog The Curated...

I don’t mean recent times in the news – xenophobia, threat of nuclear war, the arrogant spread of Mammon’s slime mould converting real reso...