I am pointed to a website describing a grim battle has been going on for some 30 years(!) between the local Council in Ealing and Mrs Yafa Partner and relatives over the state of the family house in Uxbridge Road and surrounding environmental issues. The site gives the Partner side of […]
Here is David Allen Green aka Jack of Kent on the subtle subject of when if at all it is right to ‘out’ anonymous bloggers. DAG of course played a leading and clever role in exposing the mendacity of Johann Hari, and has followed that up by helping show how the […]
I have written something for Telegraph Blogs about Trust in Europe (and scorpions). I’l put up the link when there is one. It refers to this piece by Matthias Machnig, which, strive as I do, I simply cannot understand: Economic growth has reached the limits of what is ecologically viable. […]
Here’s a short piece by Raedwald on little wooden doll stereotypes of Polish Jews: But this trip, for the first time, I briefly explored the old ghetto, and visited one of the old synagogues, where I listened briefly to a young American woman talking history to a small group. She offered […]
Stop what you’re doing. Read this, a powerful argument by Pascal-Emmanuel Gobry for spreading risk intelligently by turning banks into partnerships and pursuing massive (by which he means MASSIVE) deregulation at the same time. One smart, challenging paragraph after another: Let’s work through the main objections to the partnership model: It’s antiquated. You […]
Is this headline from the FT meant to send a subliminal message about the merits of Scottish independence and the way the European Union operates? Salmond plots Scotland’s future in EU SNP leader promises higher public spending What could go wrong?
I am a proud director of a British SME. I also have helped launch a new and growing LLP: www.adrgambassadors.com So it’s touching to see that the Cabinet Office are Tweeting the fact that they have noticed this vital economic activity, albeit with a clumsy comma: @cabinetofficeuk Francis Maude: SMEs are […]
Rummaging around on YouTube looking at some videos of Lionel Messi’s staggering football genius, I found this one: Never mind the superlative goal. Listen for the superlative simile, which is even better. Sharp! Mind you, there seems to be a bit of a theme here:
One of the many best things about writing this blog is that people I hardly know or may not have ever met get in touch in all sorts of ways. Thus. Remember my piece a while back about the startling and startlingly bad film Battle of Warsaw 1920? A reader today […]
Many countries are unhappy about the EU’s carbon tax on airlines. China has now blocked important sales of Airbus aircraft to Chinese companies. Ouch! But this struck my eye in the BBC report: Mr Gallois said opposition by Beijing could affect the sales of at least two dozen long-haul A330 […]
