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Loneliness and isolation are public health issues on a par with smoking
With all too regular reports of services failing to ensure even the most basic levels of care and safety, some might argue that loneliness is not the most important problem we face. But loneliness and isolation are public health issues with an impact and cost on a par with smoking.
The Catholic Church should embrace the world we live in, but so far a different tone looks a world away
The Catholic church was back in the news this weekend with the story of Cardinal O’Brien’s 'exile'. It’s a story that’s unlikely to go away any time soon. And given that O’Brien remains Britain’s most senior Catholic, it’s one that has wider relevance. It’s been argued that he should be left alone. But we should all be concerned that the complaints made against him are properly investigated and that appropriate action is taken.
Occupy Zionism! Stav Shaffir on the new politics of patriotism and protest
Stav Shaffir was in conversation with Alan Johnson of 'Fathom: for a deeper understanding of Israel and the region'
Is it even possible to get back to growth?
perhaps there is a form of growth which it is possible to sustain - 'green growth' – and if there is, we all need to know what it would look like. And if it’s impossible, we need to know that too.
CO2 levels are about to hit their highest level in human history
In the next few days, and for the first time in human history, the concentration of CO2 in the atmosphere will hit 400 parts per million (ppm), a level long seen as critical in measuring the damage done to the earth by man-made pollution.
(Graph) How what people own is more unequally distributed than what they earn
There has been lots of discussion recently about how much more the ’1 per cent’ earn than everyone else. There has been less attention paid to how much more they own.