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Moving to Substack

Moving to Substack

Thank you for being a subscriber to this somewhat infrequent and random blog. This is a quick message to let you know a couple of things. The first is that I now have a UK publication date for my forthcoming book, Material World: June 15. Woo-hoo! Feel free to pre-order

The strange tale of the North Sea Link

The strange tale of the North Sea Link

The Single Market Britain never left

The Single Market Britain never left

Britain’s electricity grid is creaking. This is not good news

Britain’s electricity grid is creaking. This is not good news

No-one played a blinder here

No-one played a blinder here

Liz Truss wanted to kill Britain’s Deep State. Instead she’s given it a new lease of life

Liz Truss wanted to kill Britain’s Deep State. Instead she’s given it a new lease of life

Blimey

Blimey

data

The curse of big numbers

The curse of big numbers

There are many irritating things about the world of politics and economics but perhaps the most irritating of all is something I like to call numberism. The term might not be familiar but you will almost certainly know what I mean. Numberism is when politicians take a big number and

Unjolly hockey sticks

Unjolly hockey sticks

We need more maps

We need more maps

Energy and Inflation: A Series of Unfortunate Events

Energy and Inflation: A Series of Unfortunate Events

Everything is always more complicated than you think, COVID edition

Everything is always more complicated than you think, COVID edition

Mind the (housing) gap

Mind the (housing) gap

Is this worst pandemic in British history?

Is this worst pandemic in British history?

materialworld

Value, Importance & Tomatoes 🍅

Value, Importance & Tomatoes 🍅

I wrote something for today's Sunday Times. The theme won’t come as much of a surprise if you’ve read a few of my other recent pieces here: that solving the current energy crisis and for that matter hitting net zero is a lot more complicated (and interesting!) than

Jelly rolls and coking drums: a bottom-up look at batteries 🔋

Jelly rolls and coking drums: a bottom-up look at batteries 🔋

The thing we're trying to escape is the thing we need to help us escape

The thing we're trying to escape is the thing we need to help us escape

We need more maps

We need more maps

Rare earths: everything you ever wanted to know

Rare earths: everything you ever wanted to know

The most underrated material in the modern world

The most underrated material in the modern world

Threads

Britain’s electricity grid is creaking. This is not good news

Britain’s electricity grid is creaking. This is not good news

This is a post about arguably the most important & underdiscussed issue as we push towards net zero. The UK electric grid is creaking - big time. It could trigger blackouts & even get in the way of those climate ambitions. This is a very big deal. But let’s begin our

Rising interest rates are a bigger deal than you might think

Rising interest rates are a bigger deal than you might think

The long and winding story of Newport Wafer Fab

The long and winding story of Newport Wafer Fab

Lithium, Copper, Chile and the Net Zero Age

Lithium, Copper, Chile and the Net Zero Age