PAUL DONOVAN is chilled by the contemporary resonance of Harper Lee’s coming of age tale amidst racism and white supremacy in this excellent production
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Book review: Engineering a disaster?
A new book on whether science can fix climate change paints a chilling picture of what might happen if it goes wrong, says DEREK WALL
GEOFF BOTTOMS recommends the unashamedly light-hearted escapism on offer in this stage version of the 1963 film
Full of mysterious religious references and radical sound design, the Scottish duo’s new offering is candidate for album of the year, suggests SIMON DUFF
MARY CONWAY revels in a powerful reminder that human lives are not defined by physical perfection
PAUL DONOVAN recommends the fine performances in this account of the pre-war meeting between the US president and the British king
TECLYN AROD relishes an intimate celebration of jazz improvisation that mixes local and national musicians
Can Science Fix Climate Change? A Case Against Climate Engineering
by Mike Hulme
(Polity, £9.99)
This book by Mike Hulme, a succinct and readable work on geoengineering, has a slightly but not intentionally misleading title because it is difficult to think of dealing with the threat of climate change without science.
Climate scientists have alerted us to the problem of CO2 and other greenhouse gases such as methane trapping heat from the sun in our atmosphere, leading to rising temperatures and greater instability as we burn fossil fuels.
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