James Lovelock remembered by John Gray

26 July 1919 – 26 July 2022
The author and philosopher looks back on his friendship with the creator of the Gaia theory, who was ‘the closest to genius’ of anyone he has metShirley Hughes remembered by Clara VulliamyRead the Observer’s obituaries of 2022 in fullI first met Jim Lovelock in 1994 when he was staying in Oxford with his devoted wife, Sandy. He was a visiting fellow at what was then Green College. We discussed a whole variety of things on that first meeting, in