The current anger at the march of turbines and pylons across the hills of Britain is not from nimbys. Government money has… — Simon Jenkins Copy Share Image
The job of the media is not to protect the powerful from embarrassment. — Simon Jenkins Copy Share Image
“On his death even The Times remarked that, ‘never was an individual less regretted by his fellow creatures than this deceased king’.” — Simon Jenkins Copy Share Image
The current anger at the march of turbines and pylons across the hills of Britain is not from nimbys. Government money has lubricated most… — Simon Jenkins Copy Share Image
All students of disaster movies know that nothing survives these natural onslaughts except cats and the highest paid film stars. — Simon Jenkins Copy Share Image
Why do Britons keep stabbing each other in August? Why do seaside hotels burn down in August? Why do children disappear in August, examinations… — Simon Jenkins Copy Share Image
The British countryside is threatened by people and interests who really do not care for it — Simon Jenkins Copy Share Image
Every generation has its war. I have just been reminded of mine. It ended in 1989, 43 years after it began, the longest war… — Simon Jenkins Copy Share Image
The (U.K.) government's thesis that the countryside of upland and coastal Britain is 'worth sacrificing to save the planet' is an insult to science,… — Simon Jenkins Copy Share Image
Without history we are infants. Ask what binds the British Isles more closely to America than to Europe and only history gives a reply.… — Simon Jenkins Copy Share Image
I can think of very few science books I've read that I've called useful. What they've been is wonderful. They've actually made me feel… — Simon Jenkins Copy Share Image
Nowhere in politics is there such a mismatch between public and private realm as in transport. Everyone on the M6 last weekend would have… — Simon Jenkins Copy Share Image
