Flights of fancy: Ruth Audus’s Thought for the Week

‘I think I’m a bit of a climate fatalist.’

by Ruth Audus 8th August 2025

In the first week of the school holidays I flew with my new husband, his two teenage sons, and my two adult children, to Crete, for a fortnight’s holiday (pause to allow the collective gasp of horror from Friends who have taken the decision not to fly (and maybe don’t own a car – sorry, I have one of those, too)). This is maybe the last holiday we’ll have all together as the younger generation build their own lives.