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Pfizer’s decision to close its UK research facility was born of an industry-wide angst about medical discovery 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 Even in his late seventies, the late American graphics giant Paul Rand did working days at the most energetic pace. For creatives everywhere, he remains an example 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 exhausted approach to the energy issue The Lib-Cons ‘energy policy’ is to encourage people to use less of it rather than to generate more of it 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! The defects of business models New ways of fleecing customers are no substitute for the hard graft of research, development and successful technological innovation Election 2010: question everything on innovation! This article explores the roots of Britain's current neglect of scientific and technological innovation, and calls for the creation of new industries for the twenty-first century Sights and insights from Mumbai and Kerala |
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