Sitemap - 2024 - Odds and Ends of History
Why even car-hating urbanists should support building the Lower Thames Crossing
Here's how the LibDems can replace the Tories as the Official Opposition
Free the PAF! Watch the video of my Postcode Address File talk last night
Rewind: We're about to witness the first "extremely online" Tory opposition
I have 2000 old VHS tapes in my garage and I don't know what to do with them
We should save the High Street by densifying our town and city centres
A Disney World-style queuing system could prevent a Brexit-induced border meltdown this Christmas
Why I changed my mind on nuclear power
NEW EVENT: Why Britain needs nuclear (and how we can build it)
What I've learned after a year of serious Substacking
The melding of identity and serious disorders seems like a bad idea
Come to my talk about the Postcode Address File!
This confidential government report proves that we need to liberate the Postcode Address File
No, the government isn't planning to introduce ID cards
The riots don't have any greater meaning
Manchester should bid for the 2036 Olympics
Being normal is how you win a culture war
Labour's targeting was too ruthless
We should let the government actually do stuff
Why I'm not a fan of the Good Law Project
Odds and Ends #40: Has Labour already made a mistake?
We can use infrastructure that already exists to protect our ecosystems
Keir Starmer is extremely good at politics
The seats I'm watching on election night
The rationale for dumping Biden is unassailable
Sherlock and House are to blame for the cult of Jordan Peterson and Elon Musk
Odds and Ends #39: A stupid election take that annoyed me
Why fixing government tech is a nightmare (but not impossible)
The "Labour has no plan" attack makes no sense
This is the best thing the Tories did in office
Here's how Network Rail is using that crazy AI camera tech
Odds and Ends #38: A critical British data asset is at risk in the Royal Mail sale
Odds and Ends #37: How I'd win Eurovision for Britain
I'm worried that Britain's electric grid is massively unprepared for AI
Odds and Ends #36: Don't lose your mind if Sadiq Khan loses
Odds and Ends #35: The business of Taylor Swift
Taxpayers shouldn't subsidise the enshittification of local news
How to use NHS data for scientific research – without creating a privacy nightmare
Odds and Ends #34: How the Cass Review changes the Trans Forever-War
Music has just changed forever and we should be freaking out more about it
WHN Bonus Episode: New local news
Owen Jones is leaving money on the table by staying at The Guardian
I arguably memed the House of Lords into debating the Postcode Address File
Odds and Ends #33: Saluting our Millennium Bug heroes
This is the "Q" I'm worried about
Odds and Ends #32: My big Kate Middleton theory
Odds and Ends #31: Britain's new AI supercomputer is a shipping container in a car park
You can't always tell when you're on the right side of history
Odds and Ends #30: These are the *real* London "No-Go" Areas
We're about to witness the first "extremely online" Tory opposition
Odds and Ends #29: How Thorpe Park was held back by Britain's planning laws
Odds and Ends #28: How Fortnite is at the heart of a new Brexit dividing line
🚨 The House of Lords could liberate the Postcode Address File if they back this amendment 🚨
TfL's AI Tube Station experiment is amazing and slightly terrifying
Odds and Ends #27: What GB Energy will actually do
Odds and Ends #26: Least crazy candidate wins
It would be mad for Labour to dump the £28bn climate plan
Odds and Ends #24: Inside the Nerd Deep-State
There's a technology built into our cars to make driving safer – but we're not using it.
Odds and Ends #23: It's all in the game, yo
Local journalism is killing itself – but here's how to fix it
Odds and Ends #22: HS2's Manchester leg might live again. Maybe. Possibly. Hopefully.
Here's the plan to actually liberate the Postcode Address File