Why we shouldn't cancel the King's visit to Washington.

www.thetimes.com/article/8759...

When politics goes wrong.
A novel about the good intentions that pave the road to hell. Out now in paperback www.waterstones.com/book/the-whi... and e-book www.amazon.co.uk/Whirligig-Ad...

When politics goes wrong.
A novel about the good intentions that pave the road to hell. Out now in paperback www.waterstones.com/book/the-whi... and e-book www.amazon.co.uk/Whirligig-Ad...

You're going to the Stewart Lee thing? I shall see you there sir.

'Why Total Place is vital for Labour’s chance of reforming public services' - LabourList Total Place is based on the simple idea that all the money spent in an area on health, schools, social services, benefits, police and other services can be seen as a single pool of public service spen...

labourlist.org/2026/03/why-...

London, San Francisco and Beijing achieve ‘remarkable reductions’ in air pollution Cycle lanes, electric cars and other interventions have helped 19 global cities slash levels of pollutants by more than 20%

They said it would take 193 years to clean London’s air. We did it in nine. 💨

London has now met legal limits for nitrogen dioxide air pollution.

At long last, the e-book of The Whirligig is available. If you are someone with a Kindle that likes literary political thrillers, check it out here: www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B0GPY9FTL...

#booksky #amwriting

Government to go "further and faster" in becoming energy secure The Energy Secretary outlines measures to protect consumers and make Britain energy secure.

Really pleased to see among other things Ed Miliband and the Government have announced that plug in solar panels will now be available.

1.5 million germans have Balkonkraftwerk- or balcony solar panels. They're cheap & save households lots of money.

www.gov.uk/government/n...

Guys there is no way out of broad based progressive taxation if you want a functioning state. Sorry to break it to you.

Don’t Call It ‘Intelligence’ Humans are question machines. AI is an answer machine.

“Generative AI is the tech equivalent of high-fructose corn syrup: a possibly useful ingredient that is now being inserted into much of what we consume, without our consent.” Article on machine vs human intelligence. Gift link: www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/0...

I hear you...

There are so many things about leaving Kyiv that are weird but one of them is being in a city where the lights are on. It’s so hard to explain how it is to go from blackout to lights.

Happy Saint David’s Day to all who celebrate
‘Gwnewch y pethau bychain mewn bywyd'

Very nce to see!

I love Hornstrandir so much that I ended up writing a novel set there, called Time's Tide. It's a somewhat bleak story about the pull of place and the way that where we come from never really lets us go: www.amazon.co.uk/Times-Tide-c...

Hornstrandir – Return to the Edge of the World People abandoned Hornstrandir in the 1950s, on account of the lack of work and the appalling winters: once the herring swam off to other places, the ferocious darkness lost whatever charm it might …

Eleven years ago, I took a small group of friends to the far north west of Iceland to wander over the abandonned mountains and valleys of Hornstrandir. I wrote about the trip here:

pointtopointnavigation.wordpress.com/2015/07/06/h...

At long last, the e-book of The Whirligig is available. If you are someone with a Kindle that likes literary political thrillers, check it out here: www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B0GPY9FTL...

#booksky #amwriting

I’m giving an on-line lecture on Saturday March 7th about East India Company artworks! Joining instructions below.

Slava Ukraini!

Making bolos levedos, listening to The Burning Hell, and having a Sunday...

#WutheringHeights Sweepcliff.

Given the state of things, my latest novel is maybe a little too on the nose: what chance does innocence have in violent times?
The Whirligig is out now.
www.amazon.co.uk/dp/1919175008

Fact Check:

Nigel Farage claims the FT ignored the Mandelson-Epstein scandal

it was on the front page for SIX days

(long before he appears to have even noticed it)

Every chart I see shows that Reform voters are quite unlike normal British people. It is really striking how an outlying minority have utterly skewed political culture.

Always believe people when they tell you what they are.

Some interesting thoughts from Respublica here on neighbourhood renewal. We've been cycling the same places through regen programmes since the Urban Programme to little long-term effect. Time to try something new? #PrideInPlace

www.respublica.org.uk/wp-content/u...

Deepest sympathy.

"...evokes memories of discovery and awakening which sit in the reader's mind. Like the time in which it is set, the story is by turn chaotic and violent, claustrophobic and secretive."
www.amazon.co.uk/dp/1919175008

Europe v America

Post war western Europe is simply the best society that this species has ever managed to create. Never forget it. Defend it for all we're worth.