OPINION: On the road in search of oil's legacy

Terry Macalister, a long-time Upstream contributor and co-author of the new book "Crude Britannia", writes about how oil has shaped UK politics, economics and culture

Protest: police stand near a defaced Shell sign on a road leading to the Coryton refinery in Stanford Le Hope outside London, in 2010
Protest: police stand near a defaced Shell sign on a road leading to the Coryton refinery in Stanford Le Hope outside London, in 2010Photo: REUTERS/SCANPIX
Published 28 June 2021, 13:27Updated 28 June 2021, 13:27