Is Paris Burning?

Is Paris Burning?

Les promesses n’engagent que ceux qui y croient The pictures coming out of Paris are not pretty, rubbish piling high, protests blocking roads and rail, and historic buildings on fire. All this because President Macron has tried to raise the “earliest” retirement...
The Bat of a Dragon’s Eye

The Bat of a Dragon’s Eye

Of Dinosaurs, Volcanos and Cities There is something special, almost magical about the light in New Zealand; an effect amplified when you are immersed in building a huge sand-castle and you glance up at the view.  I was with a friend and her kids on the wide sands...
Bread and Circuses

Bread and Circuses

Misdirection: to distract from reality and create illusions. Misinformation is all the rage, but misdirection is a real danger. Last week social media was in a frenzy about Pulitzer prize-winning investigative journalist Seymour Hersh’s reveal that the US had...
This Is My Truth Tell Me Yours

This Is My Truth Tell Me Yours

The importance of being a manic street preacher. I haven’t written much recently – partly due to doing some actual work, but also because the conversation on energy security and affordability has become so noisy its hard to know where to start. So I’ll start...
Sinners And Losers

Sinners And Losers

Economic turmoil, Balkanization of energy supplies and the hard choices that expensive energy impose. This is the third part of an unintentional trilogy of posts. This will probably follow a good tradition of not being limited to three parts. Part 1: Notes on a Death...