The happy death of petty idiocyI’ve spent a considerable amount of my miserable life sat in airless rooms with bureaucrats and ministers during which they explained to…Dec 12, 2020Dec 12, 2020
Can I have my £1 million now pleaseKing Willy & Dave have announced you can get £1m for your bestest idea to save the planet, so here’s mine. You can have it for free as…Oct 12, 2020Oct 12, 2020
What if climate change was not this thing but another thingClimate change is like quantum mechanics in that if you think you understand it, you probably don’t. By which I mean that both are vast…May 9, 2020May 9, 2020
Climate change: all hail mild discombobulation because Christ, what else have we gotThis is a slightly tweaked version of a column I originally wrote for BusinessGreen, published on 1 August 2018.Aug 7, 2018Aug 7, 2018
the peripheral whiff of something that I think I might have thoughtPerhaps, I hope, it was just the general thinklag of being back at work. It’s just that I found myself sitting at work today completely…Jan 11, 2018Jan 11, 2018
But men are expected to drinkEarlier this year I gave up drink for a month. It was an unambiguously marvellous experience. I’m currently working on writing something…Dec 19, 2017Dec 19, 2017
Ten years vegan: what I’ve learnedTomorrow is my ten year vegan-niversary. Ten years without meat, dairy, eggs, fish, anything like that. If it had a face, or came out of…Jun 5, 20163Jun 5, 20163
I’ve thought about it and aargh, I think Brexit is going to happenIn my personal opinion — and everything that follows is distinctly that — a vote to leave the EU on June 23rd would be an act of ugly and…May 30, 20162May 30, 20162
