Category Opinion

To the editor: California’s Sustainable Groundwater Management Act was enacted in 2014. Ten years later, wells in the San Joaquin Valley are still going dry, water quality is poor, and land subsidence is still happening. (“California cracks down on another…

Prof Tim Newburn suggests we need a public inquiry into the recent riots (“Racism? Poverty, drink and social media? We still don’t know why Britons rioted a month ago – and we need answers”, 4 September). This is expensive and…

Thank you all for reading last week’s first newsletter. Missed it? Sign up for my weekly delivery to your inbox here. Here’s what I’ve been thinking about this week.  I’ll be honest: I’m dreading it. I already have second-hand embarrassment.…