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David King: graphic designer, ranged left When once he art edited the Sunday Times colour supp, David King brought picture after picture of Leon Trotsky to the breakfast-tables of Britain. Nearly 30 years ago, this is his first ever major interview FHK Henrion: graphics as propaganda in World War II In the 1940s FHK Henrion did some of the world's most passionate posters; in the 1960s, he helped create the face of post-war Britain. Just four years before his death, I talked to him at his house in Hampstead Open innovation, the linear model of innovation, and risk avoidance Kitchen interview on how companies abdicate responsibility for innovation Innovation: what is it and who spends money on it? Kitchen interview on the basics of new products and services, R&D, state intervention and the role of basic scientific research 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 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 ‘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 Interview on innovation and the UK general election The oil slick in the Gulf of Mexico shows the need to think big in undersea robots and every kind of technological innovation. British politicians, wake up! Next Page |
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