Datacentres vs Democracy: When AI’s Hunger Threatens the UK’s Green Promise
As AI’s energy demand surges, UK datacentres face backlash over secrecy and environmental costs. Can culture and policy rein in Silicon Valley’s greenwashing?
Culture & Environment
From Prada’s Sequel to Punk’s Rage: How Culture Mirrors the UK’s Climate Cracks
The Devil Wears Prada 2’s $24 tweezers and Brazil’s punk resurgence reveal how art and activism are responding to climate chaos and corporate greed.
Climate U-turns and cultural cracks: Why the UK can't afford to look away
From Germany’s fossil fuel relapse to Derry’s jazz defiance, the UK faces a reckoning: greenwashing won’t mask the cracks in its cultural and environmental credibility.
Culture vs Climate: When Art Mirrors the UK’s Greenwashing Crisis
From Zurbarán’s divine visions to WPP’s oil ads, UK culture exposes the gap between climate rhetoric and reality—what’s art’s role in the fight?
Culture vs Climate: When Art Imitates Life—and Life Imitates Trump
From surrealist crime dramas to Trump’s wind energy sabotage, how culture and climate collide in 2026—while the UK watches, spellbound and powerless.
Culture Wars: Prada's Sandals, Spotify's AI Blind Spot
Culture this week: Prada finally credits Indian artisans, Spotify refuses to filter AI tracks, and Maria Lax photographs the terror of Irish folklore.
Renewable Energy, Route 66 at 100: A Week of Transitions
Britain's energy minister recasts renewables as national defence. Route 66 turns 100. A new study links toxins and climate to fertility decline.