Paul Heiney

‘The seas and oceans now belong to everyone and they all have different views on what’s right and wrong’

I try hard to be good, I really do. I’m not convinced that much of my effort is going to save the planet in any meaningful way, but I do it anyway because I want to do the right thing.

I’m just back from a chilly five minutes standing by our rubbish bins while I try to remember if a mouldy old cabbage counts as