Hands, face and private place – a mantra for washing
They say that the Island is ‘England in Miniature’, and within this tiny territory is nested an even smaller Isle
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sustainability
Are you getting charged up about electric scooters?
The unacceptable killing of George Floyd sparked the #BlackLivesMatter protest movement across the world. The call for nations to respect
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These could be the sounds of the suburbs
Despite that heart-felt promise declared in his three little words, our Prime Minister has yet to Get Brexit Done. We’re
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How fashion is becoming unfashionable
Years ago I went shoe shopping with my stepfather. As the shop door tinkled our arrival, an assistant approached from
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There is no Planet B
Sometimes I think I must sound like a dreary old gubber, a throwback of a bygone age. And I’m not
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Where have all the flowers gone?
A butterfly flaps its wings in New Mexico and causes a hurricane in China, or so the introduction to Chaos
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Long live the high street
This month’s column comes to you from Oxford. As the Isle of Wight double-knots its bonnet ribbon in preparation for
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Wake up and smell the coffee
Back in the day, I studied industrial design. I learned how to do technical drawing, made prototypes of products in
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Living in electric dreams
When I was a nipper, there was much talk of pollution and acid rain, damage caused by aerosol propellants and
Read moreEnvironmental infrastructure: what it could really cost
Drains, water, sewage works, landfill sites… usually best left to somebody else to sort out. Well, maybe once this was
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