Greenpeace

When piracy meets protest

15 June 2024 9:00 am

Sometimes there are advantages to being ill-informed. Knowing embarrassingly little about why 30 Greenpeace activists were jailed in Russia in…

The Spectator's Notes

12 August 2023 9:00 am

What Greenpeace’s ‘Wasteminster’ stunt won’t tell you

19 May 2021 5:56 pm

Greenpeace has been responsible for many a fatuous stunt over the years, but its latest video has a point. It…

Rockall

29 February 2020 9:00 am

In 1978, an invitation was sent to some 200 members of Oxford’s Dangerous Sports Club, which simply read: ‘Tea, Rockall,…

No luxury has ever disappointed me as much as my wood-burning stove

26 January 2019 9:00 am

When I first heard rumours that Michael Gove was planning to go round the country with his environmental Gestapo, ripping…

The Green Blob has claimed another victim

22 November 2014 9:00 am

The Green Blob which did for Owen Paterson has claimed another victim. Her name is Anne Glover and she was,…