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An entire feature on sarcasm? Oh, yeah, that's a GREAT ideaWell, okay, actually it is. We asked Jonathan Self to write it — and to pick out his favourite examples from history.
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10 sustainability myths busted, and six things you can do to make a real difference'It is the greatest of all mistakes to do nothing because you can only do a little — do what you can,’ wrote Sydney Smith some two centuries ago, but his words are the perfect reason why we should all do what we can to save the planet. The problem is that it's hard to know just what to do; Jonathan Self pores through the confusing and sometimes contradictory information to help.
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Jonathan Self: 'Tend your vines and crush the horror'Jonathan Self has turned his eyes inward during social isolation – not just to his mental health, but to his garden.
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Jonathan Self: ‘Going plastic-free for a week – how hard can it be? Jolly hard is the answer’Jonathan Self finds that eschewing plastic for a week is testing, but achievable, even if his quest for locally grown strawberries packed in wooden punnets proves fruitless.
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10 terrible but terribly funny school reports of the world famous, from Einstein to ChurchillJonathan Self picks out 10 of his favourite bad school reports of all time, and laments the fact that the age of political correctness has robbed parents, children and teachers of the refreshing honesty which once characterised these important communications.
