Terrible things were done by the British Empire, but if the Revolution had failed then fewer terrible things would happened.
When it comes to nuclear engineering, the curate’s egg is not an appropriate paradigm.
The disastrous economic divergence within the Eurozone’s third biggest economy.
In library systems around the world, physical books are disappearing in their millions to be replaced by e-books.
Most politicians at the top tend to become more like themselves over time (and not in a good way). But there are exceptions.
If automation destroys jobs, then countries with the most robots should lose the most jobs.
Climate contrarianism has become an article of faith on the American right.
There are two pro-family forces at work in America – rational calculation and shared belief.
Hillary Clinton finds herself under serious pressure from the American equivalent of Jeremy Corbyn.
The Eurozone authorities are effectively confiscating the bank deposits of Greek citizens in order to blackmail their government.
Anti-politics – that is, politics that challenges the establishment – doesn’t have to be populist.
A long journey to and from work will make you fat, stressed and unhappy.
Across most of the western world, work is much harder to come by for young people than for the population as a whole.
If you’re already annoyed by people who seem more connected to their electronic devices than the real world, then you’d better brace yourself.
For all of the undoubted hardship suffered by the Greek people, the fact that other EU member states have had it worse is often overlooked.