Compassionate World

Emergency approval for a bee-harming pesticide by the UK Government has once again sent shock waves through the countryside

So, how are your New Year’s resolutions going? For many of us, resolutions revolve around doing more exercise, saving money, or eating better.

Looking back on the last year has taught me how far we’ve come as a movement and how much further we need to go, and fast

In the run up to the festive break, I found myself in Windsor Castle surrounded by a gathering of minds focused on gamechangers.

I remember it like yesterday: thirty years ago, and my first trek up the Cairngorms. My best pal Richard and I were keen to get our first glimpse of some of Scotland’s finest mountain wildlife.

As we approach the festive holidays, it’s only natural to look back over the past year and reflect on what we’ve achieved and what might have been.

Two years ago, world leaders gathered in Glasgow for crucial talks on tackling climate change. That meeting saw government pledges that narrowed the gap between a liveable future and catastrophe.

Goodness, it’s been a rollercoaster ride beyond compare. I wrote previously about how this year was a big one in prospect, not least because of the coronation of a new King and a possible ban on live animal exports, a

Three year old Esme with her beloved scooter and rescue dog, Baloo ‘In a world of sharp words, stony glances, concrete hearts and hardened minds, be the softest place’ Jen Brady A friend’s 3-year-old granddaughter had recently learnt to ride her scooter.