Lenny Bruce Is Not Afraid

Just how doomed are we? Also: the etymology of Britain’s major cities, and some thoughts about time zones.

One model showing how temperatures might change across the globe by the end of the century. Image: Hadley Centre HadCM3 climate model/Wikimedia Commons.

So, are we all doomed? With the great and the good gathering this week in Glasgow – or, if you’re Wolf Blitzer, Edinburgh – to discuss how to combat climate apocalypse, that question, which has been loom…