David PowellThe 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…4 min read·Dec 12, 2020----
David PowellCan 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…5 min read·Oct 12, 2020----
David PowellWhat 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…5 min read·May 9, 2020----
David PowellGet some fucking sleepWe need you awake and happy, you silly fucks3 min read·Apr 11, 2019----
David PowellClimate 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 2018.6 min read·Aug 7, 2018----
David Powellthe 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…3 min read·Jan 11, 2018----
David PowellBut 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…2 min read·Dec 19, 2017----
David PowellTen 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…11 min read·Jun 5, 2016--3--3
David PowellI’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…10 min read·May 30, 2016--2--2