A die-in protest in support of Ukraine outside the gates of Downing Street in London: ‘Are human beings the only creatures on earth capable of such degrees of stupidity, greed and cruelty?’ Picture: Getty
I’ve been thinking about David Attenborough a lot recently. There’s a question I’d like to ask him, one that’s been forming in my mind for a long time now. It seems more pertinent than ever, as we watch with horror the atrocities Russian soldiers are perpetrating on a daily basis in Ukraine. As we observe the ever-growing gap between rich and poor, further widened to a monstrous degree by the pandemic. As we continue to...