The double-dip risk of risk-avoidance
It may have been three years since it hit hard, but the global financial downturn / GFC / credit crunch...
19 August 2011
2011
Why four years for the Facebook rioters is not a good thing
Two young men in north west England have been sentenced to four years in prison, each, for content posted on...
16 August 2011
Crackdowns, kneejerks, and forest fires
Last week’s wave of social unrest and wide-scale criminality in the UK has opened up the issue of how social...
15 August 2011
After the London riots, why David Cameron needs to lead the clean-up
David Cameron is right. That’s not something I ever thought I’d write, let alone a viewpoint I’d ever share in...
10 August 2011
Social media FUD and no comment 2.0
It’s one of the most worn-out things for someone like me to say but some clients are so gripped by the...
10 August 2011
Lunching with the dead, baying for the rope and the wisdom of the crowd
When I was a young man death was my living. Determined, as I was back then, to eschew a traditional...
8 August 2011
Protectionism, ponies, and the Hargreaves Review
The industrial revolution is one of the most written-about periods in modern history, and as we are all fully aware...
3 August 2011
Picture yourself on a boat on a river
River Thames: 30 July 2011 Trees on the southern bank reflected in the water
30 July 2011