During the oil crisis of the mid-1970s, the Austrian philosopher Ivan Illich published ‘Energy and Equity’, a polemic that argued apparent advances in speed were nothing of the sort, when other factors were taken into account. Fast cars weren’t as […]
Continue ReadingNo, not David Cameron; the Prime Minister who said the above was William Gladstone, in 1892. The elder statesmen was on his fourth premiership in 1892 and was reflecting the sentiment of an age when he praised cycling. He did […]
Continue ReadingThat’s a famous Mark Twain quote. It’s actually the last line from a short piece called ‘Taming the bicycle’. Twain wasn’t referring to a Safety bicycle, he was talking about an Ordinary, a high-wheeler. The quote is often, er, quoted […]
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