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The Course to the Horizon Geist Literal Literary Postcard Story Contest We were fast men and the media loved us: John Cobb and me, George E.T. Eyston, friendly rivals and fellow Brits, racing across the American salt. At dawn, we gathered near the silver tent and took turns with the binoculars, inspecting the mountains that looked blue, though we knew they were brown and would show it when the sun was high. Everything was illusion at the Salt Flats: what looked like snow was salt. What looked like a scurrying lizard was the sleekest, fastest car in the world.

Key findings: Overall, supermarkets still aren’t doing enough to reduce plastic. In 2019 UK supermarkets produced 896,853 tonnes of plastic packaging. This is a slight decrease from 2018 (less than 2%), but it’s way off the progress that our planet really needs, and is certainly nothing to shout about. Aldi climbed from last place to second. They reduced their overall plastic footprint, removed single-use plastic carrier bags and committed to halve their plastic footprint by 2025. Morrison’s slipped down to ninth place as their plastic use increased. A significant rise in plastic bags a...

Show more In 1978, over 900 US citizens died at Jonestown, a remote settlement in Guyana. The vast majority were members of a community run by the charismatic Rev Jim Jones, taking their own lives with poison under armed guard on his orders. But how did a church known for racial integration and practical help for the poor come to such a destructive end? How could one man’s increasing paranoia have driven so many people, who had built a mission community from nothing in four years, into a seemingly pointless sacrifice? In this second and final programme, Erin Martin – who h...

And we always love hearing from our viewers on twitter and our facebook page. many of you are talking about the scathing criticism of speaker john boehner following republicans like new jersey governor chris christie for holding up relief for victims of hurricane sandy. john cobb invites christie to come over to the left. plenty of room for you, and we care. james says he's ashamed to call himself a republican after sandy. and april anderson calls it the inevitable cannibalization of the gop. keep sharing your thoughts with us on our facebook and use the #edshow on twitter. as washington loo...

And we always love hearing from our viewers on twitter and our facebook page. many of you are talking about the scathing criticism of speaker john boehner following republicans like new jersey governor chris christie for holding up relief for victims of hurricane sandy. john cobb invites christie to come over to the left. plenty of room for you, and we care. james says he's ashamed to call himself a republican after sandy. and april anderson calls it the inevitable cannibalization of the gop. keep sharing your thoughts with us on our facebook and use the #edshow on twitter. as washington loo...