Patrick Heren
The Secret of Cheap Energy: Fire Chris Huhne
The global price of gas should be falling, but our “greenest ever” government is busy driving up the cost of heating our homes
Thank God for the Glory of Gas
Britain takes for granted the benefits that natural gas has brought but they are miraculous
The Death Knell of the British Empire
Surabaya, October 1945: The forgotten Indonesian war that foreshadowed today’s conflicts, as a humanitarian mission turned into a bloodbath
Love in the Time of Polio
Nemesis by Philip Roth
Sell Off the BBC
It’s time to think the unthinkable, and admit that privatising the BBC is a great idea
Bloody Nerve
Why did no one warn me about District 9?
Why Remoaners should back Boris
“Boris, ironically, now offers Remoaners the best chance of a soft Brexit, or at least a sensible one. And to those who want a second referendum—’the people’s vote’—there may even be a chance of that too.”
On the road
“In the summer of 1980, in the grip of some Kerouac-ish fantasy, I opted to hitch-hike from Laredo to New York”
Discovering the Great War of China
A third of a million Chinese labourers helped the Allies defeat the Kaiser, but their huge unsung contribution ended in betrayal