“The events of the past year are not unexpected flukes: they are simply the unmasking of problems that have been festering for years or even decades.”
Zaman Keinath-Esmail examines why the optimism surrounding the New Year is misplaced.
Day: 31 December 2020
New Year’s Resolutions: A Curse on Mankind
“This notion, which the majority of us practice year in year out, is not only pointless but damaging to ourselves.”
Ahmad Nawaz explores the history and evolution of New Year’s resolutions.
How to Break your New Year’s Resolutions (and not feel guilty at all)
Exercise more. Spend less. Eat better. Drink less alcohol. Meet all my deadlines, turn up to all my tutorials and classes, maintain a socially-acceptable sleep schedule, pick up a new hobby, have a better social life, travel the world, start yoga, become fluent in five foreign languages and just generally become: A Better Person. Read More…
Silver linings and green recoveries: Promising environmental news in a decidedly dismal year
Before the outbreak of a novel zoonotic disease colonised the news cycle, 2020 had been earmarked as a landmark year for global environmental politics and policy. In Glasgow, world leaders were set to substantiate their commitments to limiting climate change to 1.5ºC of warming under the Paris Agreement, while in Kunming, the international community planned Read More…
Brexit trade deal with EU passed in Parliament, with support of 5 out of 6 Oxfordshire MPs
After almost four years of negotiations between the United Kingdom and the EU, the bill on future relationship between the world’s fifth largest economy and the third largest trading block was passed by parliament this afternoon.