Trade unions need to step up and force a turn in the policies of the labour movement to effectively confront the far-right threat, argues NICK WRIGHT
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Finding Britain’s ‘shadow woods’ offers the fastest way to reforest the countryside
IAN D ROTHERHAM offers a glimpse into Britain’s ancient landscapes
As the 90th anniversary of the outbreak of the Spanish civil war is marked, Teesside campaigners will gather to remember the local men and women who stood against fascism, explains TONY FOX
Whatever differences exist among international sympathisers of the Bolivarian revolution about its current trajectory, they should unite against the imperialist power that is the source of an enforced retreat, argues ROGER D HARRIS
Washington’s inability to subjugate Iran is an example of how it is trying to preserve a regional order that no longer exists, argues RAMZY BAROUD
US financial instability is exposing the limits of a dollar-dominated global economy — and giving the Global South a historic chance to build an alternative, says MURAD QURESHI
Deprivation is a fundamental factor in criminal behaviour that must be addressed but, KENNY MacASKILL argues, there needs to a major rethink in sentencing to tackle overcrowding
WHEN William the Conqueror surveyed his new kingdom in 1086, from lowland to upland, Britain was covered with trees.
In low-lying Yorkshire, the East Anglian fens and the Somerset Levels, wet woods of tall white willows and alders lined great rivers.
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Hot and dry conditions are threatening British species unequipped for drought, explains PAUL ASHTON
Rising temperatures and human activity are making life far harder for these vital pollinators. ALEX DITTRICH explains
JAN WOOLF relishes an extensive history of our long relationship to trees in Britain that underlines the current emergency
In his fortnightly Borderlands column, MARK SEDDON visits overgrown forts along Offa’s Dyke and reflects on wars past and present