The furore over Kirstie Allsopp's decision to allow her 15 year-old son to go interrailing is ridiculous. Sending teenagers off on adventures is a great way to build confidence and self-reliance.
A Net Zero military will lose, says Guy de la Bédoyère. "At no time in history has a state consciously chosen to compromise its capability by seeking to introduce unreliable equipment." But we are now.
Technology has become a cult that seeks absolute control as we yearn for certainty. But the Post Office Horizon scandal shows that, like the gods of old, it will always let us down, says Guy de la Bédoyère.
The fate of the rulers of Ancient Egypt and their utopian schemes holds lessons for our own unpopular elites and their luxury beliefs, says historian Guy de la Bédoyère.
