Skeleton ace Matt Weston slides into climate action: ‘We’re dirtbags making a difference’

In today’s newsletter: how Britain’s celebrated Winter Olympian is responding to the existential threat to snow and ice sports As the scorched grass turns lemon-spiky in the summer heat, and our days shrink down into the cool of early morning and late evening, winter feels a long way away. Even for Matt Weston, Britain’s most successful male Winter Olympian. You probably remember him from Milano Cortina in February, screaming down the skeleton track in his all-in-one super suit, and breaking ...

By Tanya Aldred