New Statesman - <![CDATA[David Nicholson-Lord]]> http://www.newstatesman.com/writers/david_nicholson-lord en <![CDATA[Planet Overload]]> http://www.newstatesman.com/global-issues/2009/03/world-population-billion-human http://www.newstatesman.com/global-issues/2009/03/world-population-billion-human Thu, 05 Mar 2009 10:49:45 GMT David Nicholson-Lord The world’s population is 6.8 billion. That figure will rise to 9.2 billion by 2050. Meanwhile, climate change is speeding up alarmingly. So are there too many of us? If so, how long before our planet becomes unfit for purpose?

]]> <![CDATA[One in the eye for us all]]> http://www.newstatesman.com/200504250022 http://www.newstatesman.com/200504250022 Mon, 25 Apr 2005 12:00:00 GMT David Nicholson-Lord Observations on spitting

]]> <![CDATA[How decking wipes out nature]]> http://www.newstatesman.com/200502140011 http://www.newstatesman.com/200502140011 Mon, 14 Feb 2005 12:00:00 GMT David Nicholson-Lord Observations on gardens. By David Nicholson-Lord

]]> <![CDATA[Why we all need to get out more]]> http://www.newstatesman.com/200501240024 http://www.newstatesman.com/200501240024 Mon, 24 Jan 2005 12:00:00 GMT David Nicholson-Lord Humanity has gone back to its origins. We live in caves again, but the cave is now a glass palace. David Nicholson-Lord sees unpleasant results for our social and cultural lives, as well as for our health

]]> <![CDATA[How the US could be left behind]]> http://www.newstatesman.com/200411220007 http://www.newstatesman.com/200411220007 Mon, 22 Nov 2004 12:00:00 GMT David Nicholson-Lord Observations on global warming David Nicholson-Lord

]]> <![CDATA[The fewer the better]]> http://www.newstatesman.com/200411080019 http://www.newstatesman.com/200411080019 Mon, 08 Nov 2004 12:00:00 GMT David Nicholson-Lord We dare not discuss population growth lest we be called racist. Yet wouldn't lower numbers give us a gentler, less materialistic Britain?

]]> <![CDATA[It's not poisson, it's poison!]]> http://www.newstatesman.com/200408230013 http://www.newstatesman.com/200408230013 Mon, 23 Aug 2004 12:00:00 GMT David Nicholson-Lord Fish, once thought the healthiest of foods, is now bad for us. Pollution is everywhere, and there is no longer any such thing as nature

]]> <![CDATA[Exodus: the great British migration]]> http://www.newstatesman.com/200408020014 http://www.newstatesman.com/200408020014 Mon, 02 Aug 2004 12:00:00 GMT David Nicholson-Lord They go to France, Spain, Canada, New Zealand and, increasingly, eastern Europe. Britons, particularly the middle classes, are leaving in greater numbers than ever before. David Nicholson-Lord reports

]]> <![CDATA[The empire goes mad]]> http://www.newstatesman.com/200407050009 http://www.newstatesman.com/200407050009 Mon, 05 Jul 2004 12:00:00 GMT David Nicholson-Lord Observations on America

]]> <![CDATA[We need a dose of mass psychotherapy]]> http://www.newstatesman.com/200406140014 http://www.newstatesman.com/200406140014 Mon, 14 Jun 2004 12:00:00 GMT David Nicholson-Lord It's not just fuel prices. Traffic wardens, road humps, speed cameras - any curb on cars makes us angry. You'll only find out why if you hypnotise us

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