In his fortnightly column MARK SEDDON reflects on the death of Major Oak and why such ancient trees matter to us
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Who needs Chilcot to tell them the truth?
The Paddy McGuffin column
The world’s largest communist party marked its 105th birthday this week — and remains true to its principles and firm in its course, says OLIVER VARGAS
The left has become too reliant on persuasion and too detached from the workplaces and communities it seeks to represent, argues NICK TROY
RAMZY BAROUD highlights how Israel’s ambassador sought to shut down UN officials documenting sexual violence and abuses against Palestinians
The US-Israeli conflict with Iran has had far-reaching consequences, including a boost to Pakistan’s regional standing, argues ROGER McKENZIE
The recent heatwaves revealed how ill-prepared Britain remains for a hotter future – and how unequal the ability to cope with it has become, write ROX MIDDLETON, LIAM SHAW and MIRIAM GAUNTLETT
The drive to strengthen European defence is reshaping relations between France, Germany, Italy and Britain, says NICK WRIGHT
It was announced this week that the families of soldiers killed in the illegal Iraq war are to bring legal action against the Chilcot Inquiry if it fails to produce its findings by the end of the year.
It may be a controversial opinion but this column’s sympathies do not primarily focus on the men and women in uniform who died, except that the loss of any human life through manufactured conflict is abhorrent.
Likewise it has long been perplexed and frustrated at the fact that when any member of the armed forces dies, they are automatically “a hero.”
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History shows from Iraq to Libya, and now Iran, that regime-change fantasies rarely deliver stability — but they always deliver human and economic cost, says MARYAM ESLAMDOUST
It is time to stop tolerating the governing elites incompetence which makes our lives a daily misery, argues MATT KERR
On January 2 2014, PJ Harvey used her turn as guest editor of the Today programme to expose the realities of war, arms dealing and media complicity. The fury that followed showed how rare – and how threatening – such honesty is within Britain’s most Establishment broadcaster, says IAN SINCLAIR
A WWI hero, renowned ornithologist, medical doctor, trade union organiser and founder member of the Communist Party of Great Britain all rolled in one. MAT COWARD tells the story of a life so improbable it was once dismissed as fiction