The Value of Nothing

How HS2 built a bridge to nowhere

A state-of-the-art road bridge has been built deep in the heart of rural Buckinghamshire. Designed to carry traffic over the HS2 railway, there's just…

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September 2025

Son of bat tunnel

Bat infrastructure is springing up across the land, and Reform are on the case.

Sep 8 • 

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The BBC's war on the Universal theme park

A theme park is being built in Bedfordshire with widespread public support, but the BBC are having none of it.

Sep 1 • 

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August 2025

Plato vs Grok

The revenge of the nerds is upon us and it's incredibly naff.

Aug 11 • 

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July 2025

WASPInomics and the magic avocado tree

Why boomers struggle to make sense of the millennial world.

Jul 29 • 

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Climate emergency hypocrisy

Durham Country Council fell to a Reform landslide this year, but will un-declaring a climate emergency actually change anything?

Jul 21 • 

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Welfare and the unexpected tyranny of government statistics

How the government’s obsession with tiny numbers has crippled decision making (and undermined the ONS).

Jul 10 • 

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June 2025

The unfixable road that was vanished

A main road through a small town is in desperate need of repair. There's just one small problem: for all intents and purposes, it doesn't exist.

Jun 30 • 

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HS2 and the slow decay of Britain

“I have tried to ascertain where design decisions get made... I have struggled to get to a definite answer.”

Jun 23 • 

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Stop gaslighting people about crime

Yes, crime statistics show long-term decline, but the numbers don't tell the whole story.

Jun 5 • 

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May 2025

Trouble at the tip

A half-arsed stand-off between central government and local councils is making it harder for people to do the right thing. Westminster should be…

May 20 • 

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The weird world of Robin Ince

What, exactly, is the value of a diagnosis? A review of Normally Weird and Weirdly Normal: My Adventures in Neurodiversity, by Robin Ince.

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