Net Zero
The 15-minute bait and switch
15-minute cities mean restricted freedom and a town hall traffic-fine bonanza
Britain, a goner with the wind
The dash for wind energy is a generational folly that will see the nation’s economic future sacrifi cedon the altar of Net Zero
The renewables red herring
It is not true that high energy prices are caused by a lack of investment in renewables
The new normal of net zero
A dash to net zero requires significant lifestyle changes
Killing the planet to save it
Our eco warriors have gone through the looking glass
Ned zero
Ed Miliband’s net zero plan makes no sense
The need for nuclear
The best time to build a new nuclear plant was ten years ago. The second best time is now
The case for bullying hippies
Green Party ideas are not just wrong but dangerous
Net zero nonsense
We should keep a closer eye on the eco industry
2035: the end of civilisation
Where is energy policy taking us
The sculptor’s funeral
The death of Imogen Stuart represents the passing of an Ireland that built, rather than destroyed
Dumb, glum and zero-sum
British thinking has to value supply more than distribution
Against the relegation of Record Review
Why is Radio 3 mistreating one of its greatest assets?
Saving my own bacon
Only the particularly pig-headed will stick it out in the pork farming business
Good cops and bad spies
Intelligence services as portrayed on-screen are pretty ghastly places to work
Prepare for takeoff
Masters of the Air is a visually impressive aerial WW2 adventure with the potential to go far
We must escape Subtopia
As Ian Nairn warned, British town planning has had a grim levelling effect on our urban and rural spaces
Venice’s tortuous tourist tax
How much public money has been wasted on a scheme which will be quietly retired?
Realism is not the same as self-pity
There is a limit to how much women can physically protect themselves from men
Postcards from before the war
It is no longer possible to reflect upon Israeli culture as if the “Question of Palestine” could be brushed aside
The darkness of assisted dying
The desire to end terrible pain is understandable — but the dangers are severe
