Which party wants a modern state?
I want to scrap the BBC, expand the military, phase out the NHS and the rest of the Welfare State, empower Whitehall. What is this unholy muddle? And how does affect politics? Do the Tories get it? Read more...
Richard D North.
On culture, Nature, liberal issues, monasticism, spiritualityPage 39 of all posts
The Tories lack “bottom”
The Tory leadership under David Cameron clearly lack something. Their followers don't know what the party's for. The Cameroons are a bit controlling. Blairite, then. But there's something more... Read more...
Sex & Drugs & Rock & Roll: 6 out of 10
S & D & R & R has a lot going for it, but it's a little lame in some departments. Read more...
Revolutionary Row: Gorgeous but thin
Sam Mendes is a very good director but he has a track record of disliking capitalism and isn't a lot better about human relations. Revolutionary Road makes these points almost as well as American Beauty did. Read more...
Stewart Brand’s Whole Earth Discipline
Drawing on one aspect of Stewart Brand’s new Whole Earth Discipline, this is a rather dense (mercifully short) note about the weakness of most discussion about the merits of action on climate change. Read more...
Up In the Air: not quite tough enough
George Clooney's Up In the Air (2009) is in a long and noble tradition (maybe two), and it very nearly delivers. Read more...
RDN on BBC R4 on climate change
On the radio today (BBC Radio 4's You and Yours) I made a fair fist of describing my position on the trustworthiness of climate change science and the IPCC. I did slightly mispeak... Read more...
Top reads of 2009
I keep meaning to try to do justice to the books I read. Here is a list of some of the things which rocked my world in 2009. Read more...
Top TV shows of the noughties
Here, roughly in order, are my top TV shows of the noughties. Surely a vintage period? Read more...
Top films of the noughties
In no particular order, here are my top movies of the last ten years. Surely, a vintage period? Read more...