Defenders of Democracy: Neal Lawson
Ginny Smith meets a Labour maverick who has won widespread support for a fairer voting system – only to face...
Read moreGinny Smith had a varied career after graduating which included tractor driving, working as an occupational adviser at the University of Sussex and teaching English to secondary school children in Algeria. She now runs her own management development consultancy and is the chair of EUnitySeahaven. She lives in a small village in the South Downs and is passionate about protecting the countryside and environment from inappropriate development. She is a strong supporter of electoral reform and campaigns against the undermining of the UK's democratic institutions. She has an MA in Organisational Behaviour, S1 in General Agriculture from Plumpton College and an all-consuming hobby for a few years was breeding sport horses.
Ginny Smith meets a Labour maverick who has won widespread support for a fairer voting system – only to face...
Read moreEmpires have always suppressed native languages to control the people of occupied countries – and this is now happening in...
Read moreWhat better way to celebrate cats across the world than by publishing Christopher Smart’s glorious poem to his own feline?
Read moreRandom seaside sculptures created from driftwood have turned a Sussex street artist, nature lover and green campaigner into a local...
Read moreThe rampion, a modest blue flower that packs a punch was chosen to represent Sussex Bylines
Read moreAfter 75 years, is the NHS on Life-Support? Personal experiences arguing we must save it
Read moreThe Sussex Weald was once a mighty oak forest and site of the iron industry. Ginny Smith explores it
Read moreGinny Smith pays tribute to Caroline Lucas, Green MP for Brighton Pavilion, after the announcement that she's stepping down at...
Read moreIt was not until a visit to Ireland in search of a match for a sport-horse mare that the author’s...
Read moreAsylum-seeking children are disappearing from hotels and nobody seems to know where they’ve gone. Ginny Smith investigates
Read moreWhat a year! Not great by any means: let's hope 2023 is better
Read moreGinny Smith recollects listening to the world around her in the silence of lockdown and wonders if there is such...
Read moreSchools, and Britain's anti-learning culture, are failing our children. And the Tories haven't helped
Read moreLewes Bonfire night dates back to the 17th century. Ginny Smith describes some of the traditions kept alive by the...
Read moreGinny Smith analyses the phenomenon of The Queue of people lining up for hours to see the late Queen lying...
Read moreIndefensible releases of sewage with harmful bacteria and other pollutants into this environment is unacceptable in the 21st Century
Read moreIn the latest of our articles on the pollution of our rivers and beaches, Ginny Smith blames the failed policy...
Read moreGinny Smith recalls student life at Sussex University in the '60s
Read moreThe Banks v Cadwalladr defamation case was hailed a victory for public interest journalism but there have been costs to...
Read moreGinny Smith reports on the pre-Europe day concert and rally on 8 May, describing mixed emotions of joy, hope and...
Read moreWhy and how do other countries keep their environments cleaner than the UK? Political change is crucial, says Ginny Smith
Read moreGinny Smith examines the reach and influence of Russian money and Putin-connected Russian oligarchs in Britain
Read moreThe hawthorn tree carries an often forgotten weight of folklore, myth, history and literature
Read moreAfter a damning report by MPs on polluted waterways – still no effective action from government
Read moreRevealed! The “press, peer and potholes”: a scandal that was – literally – too good to be true
Read moreInfilling old railway bridges with concrete has been described as vandalism. Is it, and how are campaigners reacting?
Read moreIs the government's action on sewage window dressing... like a new Southern Water call for 'pollution watchers'?
Read moreMore stunning pictures to enjoy from the lens of young photographer Ben Muir
Read moreFilm-maker and peer Lord Puttnam on why he has quit the House of Lords and his fears for the future...
Read moreNew threats to our water systems due to Brexit were foreseen by the government's own Operation Yellowhammer plans in the...
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