Archive - Odds and Ends of History

I think I've solved the AI copyright problem

A sketch of what a grand bargain might look like

Apr 22 •

Why the Tories should embrace Abundance

Plus why it's time to build Sizewell C, and a horrifying fact about caravans

Apr 22 •

Have I ever been a NIMBY?

And other questions from the Spring mailbag.

Apr 18 •

Odds and Ends #66: The winner of the 2040 US Presidential election is in space

Plus ultra-grim Nazi revisionism, why Kemi is right about Adolescence, and my Gladiators conspiracy theory

Apr 16 •

A tale of two theme parks

Plus why British Steel turned into a crisis, and how to level up... but do it properly

Apr 14 •

Spring Mailbag - Questions Wanted!

Apr 11 •

This road is broken – and nobody can fix it

The spiders aren't the only thing stopping Ebbsfleet's development

Apr 10 •

Odds and Ends #65: Economic growth is core to a progressive agenda

Plus the terrifying story of what actually happened to Boeing's Starliner capsule, and a terrible Star Trek opinion.

Apr 8 •

Why we love Luton Airport, and a terrible plan for changing the London Mayoralty

Plus the exciting launch of the Centre for British Progress

Apr 7 •

The government should stop worrying about the Daily Mail Test

You can't fix the Civil Service by penny-pinching

Apr 2 •

Odds and Ends #65: Everything is about everything

Plus why Britain can't build things... except for the Lower Thames Crossing, apparently.

Apr 1 •

March 2025

The Lower Thames Crossing, getting mad at boomers and the scourge of Everythingism

Plus we're 18,000 homes closer to the, er, 1.5 million homes target

Mar 31 •

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