I think it must have been about 2004 that the penny dropped.  But habits are strong things, and it probably wasn’t until around 2008 that I had modified my behaviour.  Following the news makes you less informed than reading history.  I still watch the news when something is going on that has caught my attention.

  I have written before in my review of Bjorn Lomborg’s book about how I am a climate change skeptic. I believe climate change is a huge problem, but I am open to changing my mind presented with an argument against it that makes sense.

Libya was the first country in which bombs were dropped from an aircraft during a conflict.  The year was 1911 and the bombers were Italian fighting the Ottoman Empire for control of what was at that time one of their provinces.  The use of this advanced technology gave the Italians a distinct advantage over the

Six of biggest threats to Britain over the years Britain has had many enemies over the years, here are a few of the ones that posed the biggest threat to the British way of life.  Here are half a dozen of my favourites.

I am a climate change skeptic.     I am a scientist and I think skepticism is crucial to the way the scientific method works.  Seek out the key facts – not all the facts just the key ones.  On the basis of these come to a decision.  Then look for any reason to junk

  Short Japanese Surrendering to Tall Americans (thanks to Wikipedia) I have been very interested lately in a branch of economic history that until recently I knew nothing about, but which seems to offer a way of looking at the past that has never crossed my mind before.  And it is surprisingly simple, suspiciously so