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
Portugal and the missing goats
The roots of environmental disasters can be odder than they look
The Critic guide to glass ceilings
On the self-made men (and women!) of the Labour Party
Who are the Scottish Conservatives?
The election of Russell Findlay to lead the Scottish Conservatives reveals a party that doesn’t know what it stands for
Roger Scruton’s naive nationalism
Cultural nationalism is an ill-fitting model for the modern nation state
The authoritarian populism of Keir Starmer
This government is anything but technocratic
Getting the creeps
How should we cope with the unsettling in everyday life?
Just the tonic
Rediscover the forgotten treasure of Australia: fortified wines
The dam of Spanish eco-politics creaks
Will no death toll make elites reconsider green overreach?
How Roman women were victimised twice
The victims of abuse could also be degraded by historians
What’s wrong with the Human Rights Act?
It makes judges the arbiter of moral and political as well as legal decisions