Michael J. Kelly
Michael Kelly FRS FREng is the Emeritus Prince Philip Professor of Technology at the University of Cambridge and former Chief Scientific Adviser at the Department of Communities and Local Government
Warming is not the only threat
Our response to Covid-19 has shown us that national security depends on more than tanks, planes and climate preparedness
Cognition porn and discursive dehumanisation
Cultural and political discourse can follow the reductive yet seductive logic of pornography
Could Britain have a coherent written constitution?
It seems probable that it would have a Christianity-shaped hole at its core
The emptiness of hype
A cultural legacy depends on far more than passing enthusiasm
Police Scotland must stop patronising the public
The Hate Crime And Public Order Act will waste the time of the police and endanger the freedoms of the public
The invasiveness of voice notes
Don’t send them, and if you must send them keep them short
Canals go national
Canals gave Britain a single national economy, one that connected resources, factories, population centres and ports
The worm (re)turns
Dune: Part Two is in cinemas — and it’s more of the glorious same
How to mainline true crime
People are tuning in for entertainment, not pure information
How we killed ideas and kept impressions
We have to rediscover ideas and not just the idea of ideas
Silence speaks volumes
Lee Anderson speaks out — or, at least, gets someone else to do it for him