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Why is Greenpeace calling on the UK to set an example to nations like China, when the Chinese are cleaning up faster than us? What movies tell us about the workplace The history of the cinema reveals much about how people have interpreted the world of work Let’s go back to the Moon – and beyond As the 40th anniversary of the first manned moon landing approaches, backward attitudes here on Earth have tainted our view of lunar exploration Paying in cash: more than the strange pastime of a few Contactless debit cards, the decline of cheques and the rise, in Korea, of payments made by mobile phones: all raise the spectre of a cashless Britain. But that will never happen Risk-taking, R&D and the recession The woeful level of Western investment in R&D reveals much about the capitalists’ state of mind Today’s economic crisis springs from years and years of under-investment in research and development 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 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 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
Science, engineering and the two Cabinets How many of our leaders in New Labour and the Conservatives have any background in technology or business? 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 A top sociologist has kind words for what is in fact a searing polemic The Severn Barrage: calling greens' bluff Green objections to the Severn Barrage reveal little more than a phobia of major projects Two new books on cars have much – but not everything – to recommend them 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 Next Page |
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