Culture watch: Eamonn Holmes, green energy boom and gold wars
From Eamonn Holmes's stroke to record green energy uptake and a £21bn gold mine tearing Omagh apart — what matters in British culture this weekend.
Culture & Environment
Culture & Environment: Poisoned Rivers, Gold Wars and Lost Readers
Russia's war contaminates Moldova's drinking water, a £21bn gold mine splits Northern Ireland, and British children are abandoning books at record pace.
Wales Wind Farms, Argentina's Glaciers, and TV's AI Villain
Editorial digest April 10, 2026
Last updated : 18:21
Three stories this week, different continents, different registers. But the same question gnaws through all of them: what do we dismantle in the name of building something better?
Why Is Labour Sacrificing Welsh Wilderness for English Electricity?
The Cambrian mountains have
The Maps Were Wrong — And Millions of Lives Depend on It
Editorial digest April 09, 2026
Last updated : 13:17
The science was settled. The maps were drawn. The flood risk zones were marked, and tens of millions of people were told they were safe. They are not.
A significant new body of research has exposed what scientists are now calling
Death, Defiance and the Art of Bearing Witness
Editorial digest April 09, 2026
Last updated : 13:16
The week handed British culture two deaths and one very loud argument. Together, they say more about the state of things than any review or awards ceremony could.
Doug Allan died in Nepal. The name may not mean much to everyone,
Glyphosate, Solar Records and the North Sea — Britain's Green Contradictions
Editorial digest April 09, 2026
Last updated : 11:10
Britain is living three environmental realities at once this week — and they don't sit comfortably together.
On one hand, the country just shattered its solar generation record twice in forty-eight hours. On another, campaigners are sounding the alarm over
The Mask Slips — Publishing's Biggest Secret and the Books That Won't Look Away
Editorial digest April 09, 2026
Last updated : 11:09
For months, the publishing world played a guessing game. Who was Freida McFadden — the pseudonymous author whose The Housemaid franchise has sold tens of millions of copies, dominated BookTok, and turned domestic thriller fiction into a cultural phenomenon? This week, the