The New York Times magazine isn't on my normal reading list but my attention has been pointed towards their annual Year In Ideas issue. This festive celebration of high-concept thinking (and the odd stocking filler, like never-ending bubble wrap) is their take on the year in review and there was great excitement in the office this morning when we heard that the Kingsnorth Six had made it into the August list.
To be more precise, it was the defence used to win the court case earlier this year that was filed under 'C' for 'the Climate Change Defence', and the list's editors claimed that "a British jury shook up the world of green politics when it accepted a lawful defence excuse for property damaged with the intention of averting even greater damage from climate change".
Hopefully it will have a longer shelf life than the never-ending bubble wrap.
