Category Archives: Letters to the MEN

New research by the International Energy Agency shows that fossil fuel emissions climbed steadily over the second half of the year as major economies began to recover. By December 2020, carbon emissions were 2% higher than in the same month the … Continue reading →

Thank you for article “Forest blazes destroy balance” (M.E.N., 26 February) which clearly explained another major threat to everyone’s future. At the moment forests turn the carbon we humans are putting into the atmosphere when we burn oil, coal and gas into … Continue reading →

So, on Saturday I a) wrote something about “the End of Leese” b) fired off a letter to the MEN. They published it (and another good ‘un) It’s great that Manchester City Council has been listening to people in the … Continue reading →

So, I may be off Richard and Angeliki’s Christmas card lists.  #gutted. This* appeared in yesterday’s Manchester Evening News: * I’ve tidied it up so it’s in one column

So, some nameless Einstein has recycled a whole bunch of conspiracy theories, fake science and sprinkled them with inaccuracies. And, naturlich, it’s the lead letter in the Manchester Evening News today  For no good reason beyond procrastination, I’ve decided to … Continue reading →

Following last Monday’s truly appalling debacle at Manchester Cathedral, I was inspired to write a letter to the MEN on the subject of manels, which got published on Thursday. On Saturday and again today, other attendees at that debacle have … Continue reading →

The MEN has today  published a letter about the lack of gender diversity on display at the dreadful “Our Faith, Our Planet, Our Community” gathering on Monday.  Thanks to the person who prodded me to write in… On Monday night I … Continue reading →