David Nicholson-Lord

Articles by David Nicholson-Lord

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Planet Overload

  • 05 March 2009
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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?

One in the eye for us all

  • 25 April 2005

Observations on spitting

How decking wipes out nature

  • 14 February 2005

Observations on gardens. By David Nicholson-Lord

Why we all need to get out more

  • 24 January 2005

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

How the US could be left behind

  • 22 November 2004

Observations on global warming David Nicholson-Lord

The fewer the better

  • 08 November 2004

We dare not discuss population growth lest we be called racist. Yet wouldn't lower numbers give us a gentler, less materialistic Britain?

It's not poisson, it's poison!

  • 23 August 2004

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

Exodus: the great British migration

  • 02 August 2004

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

The empire goes mad

  • 05 July 2004

Observations on America

We need a dose of mass psychotherapy

  • 14 June 2004

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

The interview

Preview: Ken Livingstone: “The world is run by monsters”

The interview

Preview: Boris Johnson: “I’ll tell you what makes me angry – lefty crap”

On Syria

Intervention in Syria won’t work, so how do we stop Assad?

GOP race so far

Infographic: Republican primary race 2012

Mind your B-sides

Mind your B-sides

Time to rethink

Time to rethink, not reassure

Who minds?

Latter Day Taint?

Alistair Darling

Alistair Darling, the Miliband dilemma and what the party must do next
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