Charles Ellingworth

During the lockdown there has been many mentions of a Silent Spring - a phrase that has sinister connotations of a post-apocalyptic world of...

This chart surprises and shocks. It surprises in the extraordinary economic success of so many African countries (these figures are pre-Coro...

There has been much talk about wartime spirit of late - common danger faced with a heightened sense of community. The one thing that hasn’t ...

There has been much jubilation at the Court of Appeal’s decision on Heathrow. Sadly (I think a third runway is a terrible idea) that jubilat...

We all know what the London Tube map looks like. It’s not a great way to navigate your way around London above ground however - as many naiv...

This is a review by Amir Shrinivasen in the London Review of Books of   Other Minds:  The Octopus and the Evolution of Intelligent   Life by...

I went to see 1917 recently and seem to be in a minority of one that didn’t like it. Where to start? The story was ridiculous. Communication...