27 May 2009 | spiked

An R&D recession

Today’s economic crisis springs from years and years of under-investment in research and development

19 May 2009 | Building Sustainable Design

Interview on climate change and real responsibility

Public guilt about climate change is a waste of energy

1 May 2009 | spiked

The myth that New Labour is pro-nuclear

Everyone from big business to greens imagines that British government policy favours nuclear energy. It doesn’t

8 April 2009 | Computer Weekly

IT, youth, work and play

Interview at a conference on government and mobile IT

7 April 2009 | spiked

A Fu Manchu of the dot com age?

Claims that Chinese cyber-spies are plotting world domination through the World Wide Web are greatly exaggerated

30 March 2009 | Special to Woudhuysen.com

Political writing: long live the cliche

Andrew Rawnsley, one of Britain's leading political commentators, offers an excellent – if inadvertent – lesson in how to repeat tired old images and mangle metaphors, too. I've counted more than 30 lame phrases, and have highlighted them in yellow 76kB

26 March 2009 | Computing

Now is not the time to lose faith in R&D

If regulators get the better of innovators, it will only serve to prolong the recession

24 March 2009 | New Civil Engineer

Science, engineering and the two Cabinets

How many of our leaders in New Labour and the Conservatives have any background in technology or business?

19 March 2009 | spiked

The recession and the Politics of Fumbling

The consistent incompetence of politicians does not come by chance: it's a symptom of their lack of a cohering ideology

11 March 2009 | New Civil Engineer

Airports: the case for three Heathrows

Why it makes sense to even out international flights over England’s green and pleasant land

February 2009 | spiked

Praise for Energise!

A top sociologist has kind words for what is in fact a searing polemic

January 2009 | Spiked

The world needs abundant, cheap, clean energy

In an extract from their new book, Energise!, James Woudhuysen and Joe Kaplinsky argue that climate change is real, but the answer is to invest boldly in new forms of power supply, not moralise about personal consumption

15 January 2009 | New Civil Engineer

The Severn Barrage: calling greens' bluff

Green objections to the Severn Barrage reveal little more than a phobia of major projects

| Blueprint

Sex, men and cars

Two new books on cars have much – but not everything – to recommend them 457kB

12 January 2009 | spiked

The CFLs are on, but nobody’s home

The mad green war on light bulbs won’t save much electricity - it’s about enforcing moral rectitude in the home