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Stop Blaming Individuals for an Obesity Crisis Caused by Big Food Companies, Ministers Told
A damning new Parliamentary report warns that the UK’s broken approach to food has created a “public health emergency”
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The Upside Down: The Surprisingly Racy History of Lettuce
In his monthly column, John Mitchinson reflects on why the old lettuce leaf is not so dull (Liz Truss aside)
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The Upside Down: Confessions of a Pig-Keeper
John Mitchinson explores why he chooses to raise and then consume man’s second best friend
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Sober Times: What’s Behind Gen Z’s Lack of Interest in Booze?
Nathan O’Hagan explores the notable shift away from a culture of excess drinking among today’s younger generations
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How Climate Change-Induced Food Inflation has hit the Poorest Hardest
Prolonged inaction on climate change has left those at the bottom of the socio-economic ladder exposed to the fluctuations of an unpredictable global market, writes Thomas Perrett
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Farmer’s Weekly Exclusive: Mass Food Fraud and Safety Scandal Engulfs Sector
An in-depth investigation by Abi Kay has revealed that a food manufacturer was passing off huge quantities of foreign pork as British
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‘Big Agricultural Firms are Plunging the Food System into Crisis’
Influential agribusiness monopolists and food producers appear to be cynically using the war in Ukraine and the aftermath of the pandemic to exert political influence, writes Thomas Perrett
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The Upside Down: Why Apples are Odder than they Look
John Mitchinson explores the diversity within the fruit of knowledge
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People With Eating Disorders ‘Struggling’ as Cost of Living Crisis Batters Britain
The choice between heating and eating will have a big impact on those suffering from an eating disorder, warns Emily Chundy
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The Food Crisis is Only Just Beginning
Patrick Galey takes a deep dive into why the global food crisis prompted by Russia’s invasion of Ukraine is a sign of things to come
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Conservative Cost of Living Inertia
The absence of credible solutions to the economic crisis is one of the most galling features of the Tory leadership contest, says James Meadway
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These are the Most Effective Things You Can Do to Fight Climate Change
Climate researcher Max Callaghan explains how we can each help the effort to halt rising global temperatures
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How Replacing Animal Farming with Microbial Proteins Could Feed the World and Save the Planet
As the prevailing global food system heads toward disaster, scientists are discovering exciting opportunities that could make nutritious food cheap, clean and abundant for all without hurting the planet. Nafeez Ahmed reports
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UK’s Ability to Deal With Animal Disease Pandemics Compromised Due to Lack of Investment
David Hencke has the details of a shocking new report showing how a flagship science laboratory needs a multi-billion-pound refurb
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Time to Call Last Orders: Why do Alcohol and Drugs Stalk the Corridors of Power?
A Parliament with legal and illegal substances being consumed as and when is unfit to uphold standards in public life, says Rachel Morris
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The Cost of Brexit: Brits Say EU Exit Drove up Prices, New Poll Finds
An exclusive poll for Byline Times finds that seven-in-ten voters believe leaving the EU has made life in the UK more expensive
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Disaster Capitalism in Ukraine
A number of dominant agricultural commodity traders are set to make big money thanks to Russia’s invasion, reports Dimitris Dimitriadis
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Food Bank Britain
Rachel Morris considers the malaise of modern Britain as the Conservatives initiate Austerity 2.0
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The ‘Madman Despot’ Theory Only Serves to Embolden Vladimir Putin
Dimitris Dimitriadis and Iain Overton explore how accusations of insanity serve to strengthen the Russian President’s hand in Ukraine
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Putin’s War On Net Zero: Controlling ‘Europe’s Breadbasket’ to Prevent Russia’s Fossil Fuel Collapse
Russian Government-backed scientific studies suggest that the war in Ukraine is the world’s first rear-guard military attack on the global climate movement, reports Nafeez Ahmed
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Wheat Wars: How the Conflict in Ukraine is Afflicting North Africa
Dimitris Dimitriadis and Iain Overton consider the ways in which violence in Ukraine may provoke social and economic unrest across the globe
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The Flawed Logic of Extreme Australia Free Trade Deal Optimism
Ben Ramanauskas critiques the outlandish ideas of influential Brexit economist Professor Patrick Minford Several weeks ago, Professor Patrick Minford of Cardiff University – one of the most influential economists in pro-Brexit circles – claimed that the UK’s free trade deal with Australia would be worth £69 billion to the UK economy, the equivalent of 3% of GDP.…
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Looting the Land: Is Ukraine’s Black Earth a Reason for Putin’s Invasion?
Now sabotaging Russian tanks, Ukraine’s rich soil may be the prize that Putin seeks from his violence, write Dimitris Dimitriadis and Iain Overton
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The Politics of Porridge
With inflation now at 5.4% and the cost of living soaring with it, the humble oat has become an avatar of moral virtue in a right-wing culture war, Sian Norris reports
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Competition and Transparency Ignored in Appointment of Tory Co-Chair to Government Role
Martin Rosenbaum has uncovered more information about the expedited process involved in appointing Ben Elliot to a public position
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‘Project Fear’ is ‘Project Here’: UK Supply Chains Seize-Up Due to Anti-Immigration Politics
The Chief Executive of Scotland Food & Drink explains how a hard Brexit caused the current crisis, with the lowest stocks in shops and warehouses since records began
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The World’s Cheapest Big Mac: What Burgernomics Tells Us About Lebanon’s Economic Crisis
It tastes the same, the packaging’s the same – but the differing costs of a McDonalds Big Mac can hold clues to a country’s economic health, and in Lebanon, the diagnosis isn’t great
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300 Councils have Declared a State of Climate Emergency – But For Many It’s Just Rhetoric
Claire Hamlett reports on the factors contributing to the lack of progress by local councils to reduce carbon emissions in their areas, despite their pledges to do so
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The Upside Down: Let Them Eat Bread
John Mitchinson charts a brief history of British food and the emergence of a humble meal enjoyed billions of times each year
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Fast Food Giants Latest Sector to Report Brexit-related Staffing Concerns
McDonalds joins restaurants, farmers and the meat processing industry with concerns that ‘reduced access to overseas labour would present a challenge to our business,’ reports Sian Norris
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Peter Oborne’s January Diary 2021: The BBC, the Lobby, Wine and Assange
Exclusive to print for a month, Peter Oborne shares his observations of the political scene, at home and abroad. Here is his January column
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£1.5 Billion Profits, Hefty Government Contracts and Big Political Donations: The Firm Behind the Free School Meals Scandal
Sian Norris digs deeper into the private companies providing free school meals to the UK’s most vulnerable children
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‘Message Is Kids’ Only Value Is the Percentage of Public Money that Can Be Turned into Private Profit’
In an exclusive interview with Byline Times, Twitter’s Roadside Mum explains how she was expected to feed her children for 10 days on the meagre free schools meal pack provided by a food service firm
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The Despicable History of Imperial Food and Drink Still Casts A Shadow Today
Stephen Colegrave delves into the dark colonial past and historic human cost of the products Brits can’t seem to live without
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UPDATED: Britain’s Cod Awful Fishing Fiasco
There is currently no legal basis for the UK’s distant-waters vessels to fish cod in Norwegian waters from the end of this year, reports David Hencke
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Greed and Destruction: COVID-19 Isn’t Slowing the Demolition of the Amazon
Monica Piccinini reports on the relentless felling of forest habitats by Brazilian big business and Government
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Deadly Consumption: Anti-Lockdown Propaganda Papers Need a Health Warning
A poor diet of news, like a poor diet of food, puts people at greater risk of suffering from COVID-19, argues Sam Bright
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Food Standards and a Top Brexiter’s Fishy Business
Looking forward to Jersey Royal potatoes fresh from New Jersey? Henry Dyer reports on how US/UK trade talks could endanger British food standards
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Disappearing Cities: Soho — Gangsters, artists, brothels and landlords
Chris Sullivan, the founder of the famous Wag Club, looks at the history of London’s Soho district and how greed and acquisition replaced art and conviviality.
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Fowl Play: How US Chicken Imports will Pollute Britain’s Poor
Since joining the EU British food has gone from bog-awful to top-notch, but Otto English reveals how a US Trade deal will unravel 40 years of progress.
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It’s not just Chlorinated Chickens: the Hidden Hand of Brexit Deregulation
In the rush to meet 29 March Brexit deadline, Charities warn Ministers crucial safeguards are being removed without the scrutiny of Parliament
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Vienna: Get your Schnitzel on
Seen historically as Germany’s sleepy neighbour, Austria – and Vienna in particular – is having a moment all its own. Don’t miss it.
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The Fake News Around Viennese Coffee Houses Shows How We Twist Reality to Suit Our Myths
The Viennese take coffee very seriously – nigh on a religion. If you go, you’ll undoubtedly hear about how coffee was introduced to the city in the late 17th Century… The story is, of course, complete rubbish.
