Sitemap - 2025 - Odds and Ends of History
Trains are a critical part of an abundant future (Odds and Ends #77)
Steve Reed should reverse Angela Rayner's worst decision
Making London transport free is basically unworkable
Starmer shouldn't give a conference speech – he should give an Apple-style keynote
Reform in Kent is going... about as well as you expect (Odds and Ends #76)
This is how we pay for the Bakerloo Line extension
LISTEN: How to extend the Bakerloo line
The Mayor of London is posting nonsense (Odds and Ends #75)
Exclusive: Poll reveals the British public back ending the Sunday Trading nightmare
I still think AI will eat the world
Why the revival of Northern Powerhouse Rail could save HS2 to Manchester
James and Martin have a big fight about AI
It’s time to end the Sunday Trading farce
The Telegraph's dumb criticism of the government's housing record (Odds and Ends #74)
What new towns can learn from Ebbsfleet
How the government successfully spun the Daily Mail (Odds and Ends #73)
Farage's questionable HS2 claim (Odds and Ends #72)
Don't wreck the Planning Bill!
A non-emergency podcast about the climate emergency
A Manifesto for Starmerism 2.0
What Guido gets wrong (Odds and Ends #71)
House builders are not a bunch of bankers
Why I'm worried that Nigel Farage will break the British state
Did I get ripped off, or should I be flattered? (Odds and Ends #70)
Jabs for the rich, moralising for the poor
Universal Credit is a model for how to do government right
Why the new GOV.UK app is a big deal
Matt Goodwin's train nightmare
28 Years Later (Odds and Ends #69)
What the NHS can learn from Dave
Is this the secret plan to build HS2 to Manchester?
The "BritCard" digital ID proposal is a good idea
Britain still isn't moving fast enough
The NIMBYs have learned to use AI 😩 (Odds and Ends #68)
Matt Goodwin's ideas are a dead end
Five small signs of progress... and what Skegness can teach us about infrastructure
Britain is secretly pro-building stuff
The National Parking Platform is a big, exciting deal and you should know about it
NEW EVENT: Helen Lewis tickets now on sale!
Britain's weird hate for air conditioning
NEW EVENT: James talks to... Helen Lewis!
Sadiq Khan smashes the green belt
Odds and Ends #67: Why Starmer should follow Trump's communications strategy
Tony Blair is right about Net Zero
What Tony Blair actually said about fossil fuels
Reels are destroying our brains and I hate them
This HS2 story will make you mad
I think I've solved the AI copyright problem
Why the Tories should embrace Abundance
Odds and Ends #66: The winner of the 2040 US Presidential election is in space
Spring Mailbag - Questions Wanted!
This road is broken – and nobody can fix it
Odds and Ends #65: Economic growth is core to a progressive agenda
Why we love Luton Airport, and a terrible plan for changing the London Mayoralty
The government should stop worrying about the Daily Mail Test
Odds and Ends #65: Everything is about everything
The Lower Thames Crossing, getting mad at boomers and the scourge of Everythingism
How the government can raise taxes – and get away with it
Odds and Ends #64: Why we cancelled our trip to America
Empty climate gestures, Peter Hitchens' timezone crusade, and the big questions about New Towns
Odds and Ends #63: A major electric vehicle breakthrough?!
The Planning Bill, Lab Meat, and why Milton Keynes isn't afraid of growth
Odds and Ends #62: Right-wing populism is over... maybe... possibly... hopefully
Britain needs a national drone company
Listen to The Abundance Agenda
Odds and Ends #61: Fake Woolly Mammoths
A significant UK think-tanking is backing the campaign to liberate the Postcode Address File
The new GOV.UK login system is the first step in a radical transformation of the British state
Odds and Ends #60: Greenpeace is complaining about... solar energy?
Here's a pitch for what the National Data Library should actually be
Odds and Ends #59: The end of "woke capitalism"
Just Stop Oil is doing more harm for the cause than good
Building luxury homes for millionaires is good for poor people
Odds and Ends #58: An even greater London?
Four nuggets of Postcode Address File news
Odds and Ends #57: The government isn't as sluggish as it feels
The government ordering Apple to break its encryption is stupid, counter-productive and unworkable
Odds and Ends #56: The awkward truth about Brexit
AI is going to break how schools work – but that will be good
Odds and Ends #55: The left needs to learn to love AI
DeepSeek isn't a victory for the AI sceptics
Odds and Ends #54: Voters in 2019 and 2024 were (mostly) the same – it was the parties that changed
LISTEN: The future of transport – with Michael Dnes
Odds and Ends #53: Now TfL is betting on AI cameras to improve safety
Yes, AI really can be used to tackle potholes
Odds and Ends #52: A right to air conditioning?
5 questions about the "AI opportunities action plan"
New event! How AI can (maybe) fix the government!
Odds and Ends #51: Transport for London made a terrible decision and I hope they reverse it
The social justice case for self-driving cars
Odds and Ends #50: The weird thing about London's New Year's Fireworks