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All this carbon-cutting is a waste of energy Neither Boris Johnson nor Ken Livingstone is willing to deliver the uninterrupted, cheap energy London needs Making a molehill out of a mountain Clint Eastwood’s biopic of J Edgar Hoover is more about the man’s personal identity than his historical significance Interview with Dieter Rams, the crusading German designer of Braun products and much besides The forgotten history of Pearl Harbor Japan’s attack on the US 70 years ago was not a surprise, but rather the culmination of imperial rivalry The end is nigh: is survival all we can hope for? In their policies for energy and for the economy, British politicians hold up continued existence as the maximum goal we should strive for A year after the explosion at BP's Deepwater Horizon oil platform in the Gulf of Mexico, an earlier, much deadlier blast in British waters still has plenty of relevance Budgeting for a dismal no-growth future For all their talk of innovation, the Lib-Cons are more concerned with pinching pennies than investing Today, as Britain seeks to renew diplomatic links with India and Churchill is championed as a hero of multiculturalism, Madhusree Mukerjee’s shocking account of the exploits of the Empire is well worth reading IT is a wonderful thing – but in certain conditions, it can desensitise A very conservative approach to innovation The Lib-Con coalition is more concerned with controlling behaviour than forging a brave, hi-tech future Battle of Britain: empires at war On the seventieth anniversary of the Battle of Britain, Richard Overy’s account shoots down many a myth The UK if everything was nearly half as much bigger A UK that's 41 per cent more innovative will not be simple to construct, but will be a radically different kind of place ‘Lifestyles will have to be redesigned' A Guardian journalist’s ranting about the ‘neglect, greed and human filth’ of modern China shows that new prejudices about a Green Peril have replaced old fears of the Yellow Peril Don’t let the miserabilists clip humanity’s wings Flight is one of man’s greatest achievements. Let’s challenge the greens and officials who want to snuff it out An engaging tale, packed with myths Christian Salmon’s book rightly notes the increasing use of narrative in modern life, but his ‘anti-capitalist’ instincts get in the way of understanding why Next Page |
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