U.N. Climate Panel: Global Warming Threatens "Irreversible Impacts"

democracynow2014/11/3 The world’s top climate panel has issued its direst appeal to date on the need to stop global warming.

Courgette and Feta Fritters

Riverford recipe

Mancala board game

The Mancala 'board' is made up of two rows of six holes, or pits, each. If you don't have a Mancala board handy, an empty egg carton will do.

Twentieth century history

Thanks to Mark Goacher for introducing me to two major twentieth century historians: Geoffrey Roberts and John Lewis Gaddis.

Tories propose taking £3bn off the poor to fund £3bn tax cuts for the rich

According to BBC News the Tories propose taking £3bn off the poor to fund £3bn tax cuts for the rich.

Naomi Klein: "Capitalism vs the Climate"

Naomi Klein on Need for New Economic Model to Address Ecological Crisis on Democracy Now! 

In the beginning was the Gift

We are born helpless infants, creatures of pure need with little resource to give, yet we are fed, we are protected, we are clothed and held and soothed, without having done anything to deserve it, without offering anything in exchange. This experience, common to everyone who has made it past childhood, informs some of our deepest spiritual intuitions. Our lives are given us; therefore, our default state is gratitude. ...