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17 January 2012
| spiked
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
24 December 2011
| Blueprint, 1987
Interview with Dieter Rams, the crusading German designer of Braun products and much besides
7 December 2011
| spiked
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
20 April 2011
| the next step, 15 July 1988
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
26 November 2010
| spiked review of books
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
24 November 2010
| The Listener, 13 November 1986
IT is a wonderful thing – but in certain conditions, it can desensitise
2 July 2009
| Facilities Management World
What movies tell us about the workplace The history of the cinema reveals much about how people have interpreted the world of work
29 June 2009
| spiked
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
15 January 2009
| Blueprint
Two new books on cars have much – but not everything – to recommend them
17 August 2008
| Design magazine, July 1982
Interview with the late Herman Kahn, the man who pretty much invented forecasting
16 July 2008
| Radio 4
Nothing Romantic about environmentalists The great nineteenth-century English poets waxed lyrical about nature, but they still believed in humanity - unlike today’s eco-pessimists
26 October 2007
| spiked
The Prussian master's brilliant analytical method in On War provides richer insights into the contemporary wars against terrorism than anything his glib critics have come up with
4 October 2007
| spiked
Sputnik: when American fears went into orbit When the Soviets put the first man-made satellite into space, 50 years ago today, the event launched an era of US self-doubt that continues to this day
17 August 2007
| Design Week, 14 June 1991
Soaring flights of fancy: Howard Hughes, the Spruce Goose and American power Back in 1991, when it had only just won the Cold War, the US looked shakier than it does today. And yet...
16 April 2007
| spiked
Amid today's craze for anniversaries, there's one episode in history that nobody – especially on the left – wants to talk about Next Page
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