Philip Pullman has an opinionated piece in the Guardian today. Focusing again on the environment, he bemoans the bureaucracy that keeps him from installing solar panels on his home. “They said immediately that we could forget it because this is a grade II-listed building. […] It doesn’t even occur to it that there are more urgent and recent considerations that should override them.” Pullman goes on to say, “I feel I have an individual responsibility, but at the same time putting in low-energy light bulbs or flying as little as possible – as I do now – will make not one atom of difference. This problem can really only be dealt with by the government, and I have absolutely no faith that the craven liars who are in power now will do anything at all.” Read more.