Sam Sims Articles

Aristotle famously said that nature abhors a vacuum. He was half right in the sense that, given a chance, denser material will rush in to fill the void. But as we now know, large parts of the universe do manage to persist in a state of emptiness. It is...

Politicians are obsessed with ‘narrative’. Modern government deals with a bewilderingly diverse range of policy problems: from declining bee populations, to NHS waiting lists, to aircraft carrier procurement. Boiling this down to a simple, salient, doorstep-ready...

Last weekend Richard Rogers’ renowned architectural practice Rogers Stirk + Harbour built a three-storey house in the courtyard of the Royal Academy in under 24 hours. Spacious, modern and environmentally friendly it went from flatpack to fully built faster than I...

Roland Watson caused a minor stir last week by suggesting in the Times that David Miliband will soon return to the Labour frontbench. Few Progress members will be disappointed to hear this. But, as the article went on to ask, where in the cabinet to put such a big...