Colin Tudge

Books

Bring on the vandals. After a long winter of pestilence and floods (but not famine), three new books analyse the future of British agriculture and the climate of hysteria created by the fear of infectious disease

• 21 May 2001

A Countryside For All Edited by Michael Sissons, Vintage, 188pp, 7.99

Ideas

The New Statesman Essay - Should the world renounce meat?

• 30 April 2001

In the wake of BSE and foot and mouth, vegetarians seem to hold the moral high ground. Colin Tudge, however, finds their arguments flawed, to the point of being effete

Getting the needle

• 09 April 2001

Science - Colin Tudge on whether the foot-and-mouth virus can be halted by vaccination

Politics

Stalin was wrong; can we do better?

• 19 March 2001

We can't get away from capitalist farming. But which model of capitalism can deliver most, and cause least damage, is still an open question

Ideas

The New Statesman Essay - Why science should warm our hearts

• 26 February 2001
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Scientists who present their subject as a set of arcane mysteries betray their own craft, argues Colin Tudge

Ideas

The New Statesman Essay - Bring back common sense

• 29 January 2001

If we continue to heed experts, we shall have more disasters like BSE, argues Colin Tudge

Ideas

The New Statesman Essay - Why it matters what we eat

• 28 August 2000

Farmers should not cower before experts or authorities, argues Colin Tudge

Ideas

The New Statesman Essay - What we must learn from Concorde

• 07 August 2000

All technology is unpredictable, and none more so than cloning

Ideas

The New Statesman Essay - When it's right to be a Luddite

• 24 April 2000

Forget risk. The big question is: will GM foods give more freedom to ordinary people or more power to those in charge?

Politics

Can humanity stay on top?

• 27 March 2000

We thought we'd rule the world, with robots as servants. More likely, they will take charge while we make the tea. Colin Tudge on a chilling new prophecy