Ethan Greenhart
Just a word up for spiked's new columnist, providing ethical advice to readers on the big issues of the day. If, in passing, his tone borders on parody... well, that's hardly his fault for being so earnest, is it?
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Short commentary on the events of the day, from Rob Lyons, writer for Spiked, and the man who brought you Precautionary Tales.
Just a word up for spiked's new columnist, providing ethical advice to readers on the big issues of the day. If, in passing, his tone borders on parody... well, that's hardly his fault for being so earnest, is it?
Natural history film-maker and TV producer David Attenborough says we need a 'moral change' to combat climate change. He claims we need a 'general moral view that wasting energy is wrong'.
Mary Robinson, former Irish president and ex-UN commissioner for human rights, will make a speech this evening at London's Chatham House discussing how climate change has become an issue of global justice.
A new study from Denmark has shown that mobile phones do not increase the risk of cancer in the head or neck. The study, published in the Journal of the National Cancer Institute looked at data as far back as 1982 when the first mobile phones were introduced. Examining the call records (and not just the recollections) of 420,000 people - including 56,000 who have been using mobile phones for over 10 years - the researchers found no increase in the incidence of tumours in the brain, eye, salivary gland or leukaemia.
NASA has published plans for a return to the moon, over 30 years after Apollo 11's historic journey. But this time, the plan is to stay.
The pub that featured in Jamie's Return to School Dinners, providing food to local schools but pulling out cos they were losing money, have now gone into the school food business full time. Apparently, they were losing money as a pub hand over fist...
In 1977, David Frost pulled off a remarkable coup for someone who had hitherto been regarded as a lightweight, playboy chatshow host. He landed the biggest political interview of them all. In the face of fierce competition from the US networks, Frost persuaded former US President Richard Nixon to discuss his life, presidency – and Watergate. The motivations of the two men, and the relationship between them, provide perfect material for Peter Morgan’s first stage play, Frost/Nixon.
It was widely reported this week that ethical consumerism has gone mainstream, following revelations that spending in Britain on ‘ethical’ products now outstrips retail sales of alcohol and cigarettes. The facts tell a different story. What is really striking is just how irrelevant ethical consumerism remains, despite ever-increasing media hype and the enthusiasm of retailers.