During our recent chat about transport (already mentioned her), Patrick and I talked about robot cars. I expressed particular skepticism about their supposedly forthcoming arrival en masse on the roads of our cities. We mentioned, in contrast to the idea of robot cars immediately conquering our cities, the fact that robot vehicles are already in … Continue reading Another niche market for robot vehicles
Recently I and Patrick Crozier visited the Grafton Arms. I rather like this pub. These guys also like this pub, because of the Goon Show. Apparently the Goons wrote some of their scripts there, in an upstairs room. A fact commemorated by this mirror behind the bar, which I only noticed on this visit: If … Continue reading At the Grafton Arms (after recording a talk)
Every so often my friend Patrick Crozier and I get together to have a recorded conversation and we did one a while back on the subject of President Trump. You can now listen to this, by going here. Scroll down here, to get all our recent conversations. For further thoughts from me about what a … Continue reading Trump chat
I like doing podcasts, and have recently resumed doing this. The difference between these and earlier efforts is that I am not making the mistake of trying to be the interviewer, a role which I have learned, the hard way, that I am utterly unsuited to. I do not, however, like doing podcasts because I … Continue reading Talking with – and without – a microphone
Incoming (“A quote you may like”) from Richard Carey, who gave a great talk at my home last Friday, at my latest Last Friday, about The English Radicals at the time of the Civil War: Here’s a quote from Algernon Sidney’s ‘Discourses on Government’, which lost him his head but gained him the admiration of … Continue reading Algernon Sidney sends for Micklethwait because Micklethwait is wise, learned, diligent, and faithful
And speaking of Todd (see below), I really was speaking of Todd last Monday night, into Patrick Crozier‘s portable computer. Our conversation (click here to hear it) lasted just under half an hour. Like Patrick I felt, immediately after our conversation had ended, that it bordered on the shambolic, but it was his thing, so … Continue reading Emmanuel Todd (5): A CrozierVision podcast
More housekeeping, this time to sort out how to have a picture on the right, and text next to it on the left. First I will just have a picture which isn’t clickable, but if I can, I’ll make it so you can click and get the original and wider version. For those not familiar … Continue reading An east London photo on the right