A Fanfare of Strumpets
This article was written by John Wolff. All views and opinions are strictly his own. I was glancing through a list of the fifty most...
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Anthony Lipmann
Aug 2, 2017
Arsenic and Old Wallpaper
This article was written by Anthony Lipmann. All views and opinions are strictly his own. If you happen to like your popular science with...
Anthony Lipmann
Jul 26, 2017
Tungsten and the Spooks
This article was written by Anthony Lipmann. All views and opinions are strictly his own. Talking to old metal boys about deals of the...
David Gaddes
Jul 18, 2017
The Power of Trust
This article was written By David Gaddes. All views and opinions are strictly his own. During the early 1980s I was employed by an...
geoffreysambrook
Jul 12, 2017
EVs and the Festival of Speed
Ten days or so ago, I went to the Goodwood Festival of Speed. I go there each year, but this time you could be excused for thinking that...
geoffreysambrook
Jul 5, 2017
Fish or Meat?
The first time I went Siberia was just a few years after the implosion of the Soviet system and a couple of years into the presidency of...
geoffreysambrook
Jun 28, 2017
Leftist, rightist, populist?
Well, that was a pretty surprising election result. If I’d been offered a bet six months ago as to which of France or the UK would have a...
Anthony Lipmann
Jun 21, 2017
A Not Very Expert Witness
As I began to reach my riper years, I was sometimes surprised at the roles I was invited to undertake. ‘I think it might be my father you...
Karolina Jackiewicz
Jun 14, 2017
Tanks for the Memory
I have recently returned from my first trip to Russia and, despite being a Polish national of the post-communist generation, I feel able...
geoffreysambrook
Jun 7, 2017
Yippee! Another election!
So, here we go again. Off to the polling station tomorrow for what seems like the annual visit; if I’m getting fed up with it, I can only...
geoffreysambrook
May 31, 2017
Letter from France
As one who grew up in the 1960s, I’ve long had an affection for supercars with booming V8s or screaming V12s – think Lamborghini Miura,...
David Gaddes
May 24, 2017
The Chocolate Curtain
This article was written by David Gaddes. All views and opinions are strictly his own. In 1976 I was a young man who had just started...
Fred Piechoczek
May 17, 2017
Politics Today – the Muhammad Ali Gambit
As a child, when asked, “What is your favourite colour?”, I would reply, “Blue.” I should be pleased with the result of the council...
Anthony Lipman and Lord Copper
May 10, 2017
Marx, Metals and McDonnell
The first part of this article is written by Anthnony Lipmann Poor old Karl Marx – he gets such a bad press these days; as of course do...
geoffreysambrook
May 3, 2017
Powerwalls and Mobile Phones
Battery technology is pretty much the hottest topic in applied science right now, and it will pose questions that the metal trading...
geoffreysambrook
Apr 26, 2017
Hi ho, hi ho, it's off to vote we go…
What with it being almost a year since we last (in the UK) went trotting dutifully along to the polling station, it’s time for another...
John Wolff
Apr 19, 2017
A Gin before Lunch
This article was written by John Wolff. All views and opinions expressed are strictly his own. There is much discussion about the outcome...
Anthony Lipmann
Apr 12, 2017
A Zambian Diary
This article was written by Anthony Lipmann. All views and opinions expressed are strictly his own. I have been travelling to Zambia for...
Anthony Lipmann
Apr 5, 2017
From Ancient Oaks to Turbine Blades – it's a Material World
This article was written by Anthony Lipmann. All views and opinions are strictly his own. About 20 years ago I was on the phone to Ken...
John Wolff
Mar 22, 2017
"Come on, England"
This article was written by John Wolff. All views and opinions are strictly his own. Strolling through the City while trying to distract...
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