I had a very interesting discussion with a bunch of actuaries which has stimulated this blog ( the majority of readers who are probably sceptical…
System renewal. Challenging established notions. Reimagining our societies.
System renewal. Challenging established notions. Reimagining our societies.
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For the third time in a little over a century, we have officials and politicians reassuing us that “it will all be over by Christmas”….
Our armed forces are in the spotlight this July 14, as they march through the centre of Paris. They are the only European forces to…
Those of us brought up with Dad’s Army, and similar Second World War domestic dramas will remember the phrase: “Don’t you know there’s a war…
This is a cautionary note for all those people taking Michael Gove’s speech about “The Privilege of Public Service” seriously. One of my favourite books…
Tragedy has form. Stretching back to ancient Greek theatre, where it represented a quasi-religious theatrical experience, tragedy tells of a reckoning with a noble but…
Under-promise and over-deliver was the golden rule of my twenty-three years as a consultant. Yet this guiding principle clashes with the natural propensity of liberals…
On July 5, the day after the Americans celebrated the 224th anniversary of their declaration of independence, a small, excited crowd in Baltimore toppled a…
And there we have it. The Prime Minister in waiting has increased his popularity still further in a confident, sober, serious mini budget that promises…
Let’s start with Stalingrad. If you read Anthony Beevor’s book about the turning point of World War II, the impression is one of senseless waste….
My five-year-old son asked me if coronavirus has gone away, I told him no, it’s on holiday in America. The daily number of recorded new…
Biloxi, a town in Mississippi, is not on many people’s tourist trail. For reasons I won’t go into, I happened to be passing through many…