Nico MacdonaldOn the new Advanced Research and Invention Agency[Also posted to LinkedIn]3 min read·Sep 5, 2022----
Nico MacdonaldProposal for a #Rethink on how we debate ideasI drafted this piece in June 2020 for the Rethink series of ‘post-Covid’ opinion pieces which was initially broadcast in the first half of…4 min read·Mar 14, 2022----
Nico MacdonaldOn the denouement of Covid politicsI wrote first drafted this four weeks ago, before Christmas, and think I identified the inflection point in Covid politics. For some…2 min read·Jan 18, 2022----
Nico MacdonaldLetter to my MP on Plan B vote in Parliament on 14 December 2021Yesterday the House of Commons voted for a number of statutory instruments (ie: regulations) for England, including Covid passes…3 min read·Dec 15, 2021----
Nico MacdonaldOn working for freeWe seem to live in a culture in which many organisations (and some people) think others should do work for them for nothing, on the basis…4 min read·May 6, 2021----
Nico MacdonaldPress freedom starts at homeToday is World Press Freedom Day (#WorldPressFreedomDay), which media organisations are rightly highlighting and celebrating. Via the BBC…3 min read·May 3, 2021--1--1
Nico MacdonaldWhere are the digital plumbers?Why aren’t more people being trained as ICT appliance installers and engineers for the home?4 min read·Apr 19, 2021--1--1
Nico MacdonaldinThe Political MacroscopeOn the moralising of politicsOne of the most egregious characteristics of debate in [[Modern British politics]], is treating people whose views are opposed to yours as…3 min read·Oct 29, 2020----
Nico MacdonaldinThe Political MacroscopeOn freedom of speech and the culture of offenceOn Friday in Conflans-Sainte-Honorine, in the Île-de-France region in north-central France, a teacher was brutally executed by an…5 min read·Oct 20, 2020----