George Monbiot talks to his local conspiracy theorist

May 5, 2024 | Opinion

Covid vaccines, chemtrails, the Great Reset … Why do people invent false conspiracies when there are so many real ones to worry about? There’s only one way to find out: ask a believer.

Beware climate populism

Jan 25, 2024 | Opinion

The most ardent deniers of anthropogenic climate change today will become the climate conspiracy theorists of tomorrow.

We built the technosphere. Now we must resist it

Jan 16, 2024 | Opinion

Our brave new world of plastic, wire, and concrete promises liberation. Instead, its cult of efficiency controls and kills.

Hannah Ritchie: Not the end of the world

Jan 2, 2024 | Opinion

In an extract from her book Not the End of the World, data scientist Hannah Ritchie explains how her work taught her that there are more reasons for hope than despair about climate change – and why a truly sustainable world is in reach.

Secularism in Iran

Nov 6, 2023 | Opinion, Politics & Human Rights

Postcolonial intellectuals and Iran’s rulers agree that secularism is just Western imperialism in disguise. They are wrong.

Justice for Neanderthals!

Sep 18, 2023 | History, Opinion

They were long derided as knuckle-draggers, but new discoveries are setting the record straight. As we rethink the nature of the Neanderthals, we could also learn something about our own humanity.