New music: Jesca Hoop - Stonechild
One of my 2019 top picks from someone I'd not come across before despite this being her 6th album: Stonechild by Jesca Hoop. Who, pop...
One of my 2019 top picks from someone I'd not come across before despite this being her 6th album: Stonechild by Jesca Hoop. Who, pop...
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So says the 2020 Edelman Trust Barometer. Just a shame we don't seem to be listening.
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Straight out of Holland (and with a nod, if a bit rockier, to the 80s vibe of the Primitives and Darling Buds), Boat is the debut album...
Maybe it’s too soon to say. And will never be that absolute in reality. But there were significant announcements recently from two of the...
In their 2019 environmental report, Google stated that "climate change is one of the most significant global challenges of our time, and...
Powerful words from Bobby Kennedy, way back in 1968, on the fallacy of pursuing economic 'strength' when that strength is based on...
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With the food we eat contributing 26% of global carbon emissions, will emerging 'lab grown' tech save the world? George Monbiot is at the...
With the experience that comes from more than 200 years specialisation, no one is better placed to master fish than the Masters of Fish...
I bought 23 new releases in 2019. By definition I like them all or I wouldn't have parted with the cash. But keeping with the end of the...
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Side-stepping the usual 'lifestyle' platitudes, and taking an affectionate pop at the mystical mumbo jumbo many wellbeing brands employ,...