Gripped by a culture of climate catastrophism, society seems hell-bent on ripping up the energy system that is the foundation of our civilisation with only the vaguest idea of what might replace it, says Andrew Montford.
In one of those stories that requires a double-take, Greta Thunberg has been taking part in a five-day protest blocking the entrance to Norway's energy ministry to protest against wind turbines.
Weekly Podcast host Nick Dixon has written about his highlights of 2022, beginning with Richard Curtis’s moving apology for casting too many white people in Love Actually.
The Doom Goblin has come of age, and with maturity (don't scoff) has come a widening of her political vision. No longer is she merely the teenager who "sees CO2", but she wants to overthrow the "whole capitalist system".
In this week's London Calling, the topics are college reunions, Greta Thunberg, Paul McCartney, Roe v Wade and the steaming pile of horse manure that is Dr Strange in the Multiverse of Madness.
No matter what climate change scares have been debunked, the movement goes from strength to strength – resembling religious movements where disappointment leads to greater fervour. But will it eventually collapse?
In this week's London Calling, the topics under discussion are the COP26 coal deal, the taxi driver who thwarted the suicide bomber and John Cleese's free speech victory at the Cambridge Union.
We're publishing a guest post on the Daily Sceptic by a politics professor about the way in which apparently benign moral crusades – against climate change, etc – are being used to control every aspect of our lives.
In this week's London Calling the topics are the death of Sir David Amess, Elon Musk eclipsing Jeff Bezos to become the richest man in the world (a victory for lockdown sceptics) and James's hunting trip with Laurence Fox.
