I found myself carrying out a small experiment at the Radix fringe meeting on Monday at the Lib Dem conference in Bournemouth. It rather confirmed…
I found myself carrying out a small experiment at the Radix fringe meeting on Monday at the Lib Dem conference in Bournemouth. It rather confirmed…
I am sitting in a conference listening to a presentation by Luc Tissot, the current CEO of the Tissot watch company in Switzerland. He points…
The year 1992 saw the start of the new-look European Union and the Maastricht treaty which created it. It was also the year of an…
Don’t let’s carp about the way that government has developed in the UK – there is no doubt that, in two ways in particular, they…
They all wanted a change from what they were doing. They wanted to be more useful. “I’d like to leave something better behind me than…
As I usually do this time of year, I have been leading seminars with some of the annual crop of Darzi fellows, the cadre of…
For many it’s a disappointment. Some have no doubt heaved a sigh of relief that nothing very substantive is going to change. This week the…
I always listen to the actor Adrian Dunbar. Partly because he shaped my favourite film (Hear My Song) and partly because he is exactly my…
Isn’t it about time we did something to sort out the education system – a system that is failing so many youngsters and failing our…
By chance, last week, I watched a recording of Robin Cook’s resignation speech in the House of Commons. It was during the Iraq debate in…
It was 1975 when consultants at Arthur D Little promised that, within a few short years, technology would deliver the paperless office. We all know…
For many, Trump can do no right. The latest cause for concern is the aggressive rhetoric with North Korea that many feel is pushing far…