Sitemap - 2025 - Odds and Ends of History
The Abundance Agenda: The Best Of 2025
It's time to reboot Back to the Future
One last rage before Christmas (Odds and Ends #84)
Labour should fight Reform by pitching a "Gamer's Charter"
5 ultra-petty tech gripes that are ruining my life
The truth about AI water use (Odds and Ends #83)
Crossrail 2 ...and a big pile of rubbish
How AI has made my life better
Nuclear winter? More like Nuclear Christmas!
The good, the bad, and the open data of the Budget
The Twitter/X account geolocation feature should be treated with scepticism
Build Baby Build (Near Train Stations)
Why I'm nervous about what happens after Starmer
How municipal bond markets can save Britain
Britain might actually win the self-driving car war
Why Manchester should bid for the Olympics
Why we need to Make Britain Rich Again (Odds and Ends #82)
What's my most NIMBY opinion? And other important questions.
Let's build a tunnel to the Isle of Wight!
I can't believe I'm saying this but I think humanoid robots might be a big deal
Why a new build is better than your house
This describes the most annoying people you know (Odds and Ends #81)
This new database will fix almost everything annoying about driving
Autumn Mailbag - Questions Wanted!
My unhinged pitch for a New Town (Odds and Ends #80)
Stop pretending a wealth tax is a serious idea
A Disney World-style queuing system could prevent a Brexit-induced border meltdown this Christmas
Natural England's war on Sussex
Have I Got Fake News For You (Odds and Ends #79)
Why has the government published a NIMBY charter?
Starmer shouldn't give a conference speech – he should give an Apple-style keynote
Obama needs to step up (Odds and Ends #78)
How the government's new digital ID will work
Has Liam Byrne had his Weetabix?
Britain goes nuclear & the Bristol barge saga
It's time to tell the racists to fuck off
The wild complexity of digging HS2 tunnels
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