Simon Barnes
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Thursday 1 April 2021
Simon Barnes: Why a man who sat on a dead horse became a hate figure
Brits baulk at equine cruelty, but don’t flinch when other animals suffer. Our national obsession has shaped politics and literature – and destroyed a trainer’s career
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Tuesday 23 March 2021
Simon Barnes: Tiger Woods isn’t normal
The golfer achieved greatness and threw it away. Twice. Perhaps we shouldn’t be surprised when godly beings do extraordinary things
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Wednesday 3 March 2021
Simon Barnes: Return to the rivers
Beavers are coming back to the waters of Britain, in glorious abundance. They must not be thwarted by the meddling of our own species
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Thursday 15 October 2020
Happy the elephant
Nature’s rights
Do all wildlife and all natural habitats have the right to be protected from humans?
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Saturday 3 August 2019
The greatest man on Earth
If mankind survives another century or two, the history books of the future will record one man as the giant of our times.
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Tuesday 14 May 2019
Fractured future
- Hydraulic fracturing provides cheap access to natural gas and has transformed the US energy industry
- But in Britain, where financial benefits do not flow to landowners, the process of extraction has attracted fierce opposition from environmentalists
- To frack or not to frack? That is the question. Or is it?
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Sunday 3 March 2019
Oil and water
- Hydraulic fracturing is a proven way of getting inaccessible fossil fuel
- Its high-pressure methods have attracted widespread protest ranging from fear of earthquakes to water pollution
- Its supporters argue that it is a vital new source of cheap energy and would make the UK less dependent on imported oil and gas