My Dad was a pilot

by | Jun 30, 2020 | Articles

by Sandy McDonald My Dad was a pilot. When I was young he flew a plane called a Vickers Viscount with four turbo-prop engines. If I was flying with him, I was allowed to sit in the cockpit for take-off. As soon as the plane was airborne, my Dad, and the First Officer,...

Language in the climate crisis

by | Jun 30, 2020 | Articles

by Annabelle Lukin, Associate Professor, Linguistics To change collective attitudes to the climate crisis, we have to change people’s language.  This is not easy – most of the time we don’t stop and think about how to say something. We now need a...