Sebastian Charleton

Sebastian Charleton is an Associate at the Adam Smith Institute.

Articles

Britain was an energy superpower. What went wrong?
Energy & Environment

Britain was an energy superpower. What went wrong?

Britain was the cradle of the Industrial Revolution – where cheap, abundant coal fuelled the inventions that built the modern world. Those breakthroughs – railways, modern medicine and electricity – transformed humanity. But we often forget that it was energy, our ability to produce it and (crucially) to store it, that made all of this […]

Ideas

‘Brat Summer’ is over, bring on ‘Ayn Rand Autumn’

‘Brat Summer’ was this year’s hot trend, but singer Charli XCX has finally declared it over. Don’t despair, though – as the nights begin to draw in, ‘Ayn Rand Autumn‘ is dawning in Brat Summer’s place! I’ll be honest here – ‘Ayn Rand Autumn’ started a fun ploy in the Adam Smith Institute office to […]