Mark Coleman: Reverend jailbird, and good neighbour
“It's about the power of love to change the world": retired vicar and climate activist Mark Coleman has his reasons...
Read moreSimon Ferrigno is a freelance researcher and writer with over 20 years experience working on sustainability. He has also taken part in heritage projects focusing on Black History in Nottingham. In previous careers he has been a musician, chef, and Radio DJ. He writes for Ecotextile News magazine and is the author of two books on cotton and sustainability. He is based in Derby.
“It's about the power of love to change the world": retired vicar and climate activist Mark Coleman has his reasons...
Read moreSimon Ferrigno interviews Mark Coleman, a retired vicar now active with Just Stop Oil and Insulate Britain on his motivations
Read moreFashion Revolution showcased a textiles and dyes garden at the Chelsea flower show to raise awareness of fashion's impacts
Read moreSimon Ferrigno speaks to Stanislawa Rosa about her case for sex and race discrimination and how she has been waiting...
Read moreThe government's air pollution consultation deadline has been extended to June 27th
Read moreWith the government launching its latest attempt to stop cross channel migration Simon Ferrigno reviews the anti-migrant sentiment which has...
Read moreSimon Ferrigno catches up with Adam Bamford of Colleague Box, a successful pandemic start-up confronting the difficulties of post-Brexit exports
Read moreSimon Ferrigno takes a look at the Ukraine conflict and lays out how Liberal democracies, especially the UK , should...
Read moreAgainst a background of escalating poverty levels, a Derby charity faces losing some of its funding for party political purposes...
Read moreAgainst a background of escalating poverty levels, a Derby charity faces losing some of its funding for party political purposes...
Read moreThe platinum jubilee cake competition makes Simon Ferrigno speculate on the ingredients for decades of British decline. Monarchists, look away.
Read moreCentral Bylines editor, Simon Ferrigno, looks back on a year when cowardice, cronyism and cruelty squandered opportunities for genuine progress
Read moreDr Robyn Dewis, Public Health Director for Derby issues a common sense plea for us to help each other keep...
Read moreDuncan Weldon claimed that Britain has the cheapest food in Western Europe yet ‘forgot’ to take all of Europe into...
Read moreA senior social worker whistleblower is left in legal limbo following a public interest disclosure. Is there any real protection?
Read moreWhen Tara Munroe, an expert in Black Heritage found a stash of paintings stacked by the back door at Leicester’s...
Read moreStanley fears a Free trade Agreement (FTA) with Australia, said to offer Australia zero tariffs and quotas, will tip these...
Read moreAs politicians in the UK are mired in vaccine complacency and people enjoy a sense of returning normality, India is...
Read moreStratford-upon-Avon has declared a climate emergency, but are they really as keen to be green as they would have you...
Read moreSimon Ferrigno discusses eTwinning and the Erasmus+ programme which is no longer available for the UK due to Brexit.
Read moreAztec Oils is one of many small companies facing up to reality as a third country outside the EU’s single...
Read moreSimon Ferrigno discusses whether environmental progress will go into reverse after green promises were made after Brexit.
Read moreWhen I was 16, I witnessed a sexual assault. I knew this was wrong but I had no idea how...
Read moreThe pre-history of Brexit spans a satirical take of British history, and England's long history of "independence"
Read moreSimon Ferrigno reviews the anti-migrant sentiment which has swept across the country, and the international incidents which this attitude has...
Read moreIn 1998 the European Union’s Working Time Directive (WTD) was brought into UK law. Among other things, the directive sets...
Read moreSimon Ferrigno, interviewing Paolo Arrigo of Franchi Seeds of Italy, 21 January 2021.
Read more“our website is filling up with digital and online activities”. Some of this is work designed to be digital and...
Read moreThe government is continuing to pour money into Serco's failing test and trace system at the expense of local contacts...
Read moreThe US implements a partial ban on cotton from the Xinjiang region of China because of concerns over forced labour...
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