Have we gotten a bit too hooked on “geniuses” in the world of investing? These days, markets seem quick to put founders and visionary CEOs on a pedestal: not just for what their companies do, but because

Politicians love to big-up their country's GDP growth - at least if it's increasing - productivity up = good news. But GDP growth doesn't tend to matter to ordinary people - who are more concerned with

The Triple Lock is enormously expensive, yet politicians just aren't up to tackling it... This is unsurprising given that pensioners are more likely to vote, so touching the treble lock is political suicide.

I had a reasonable week's running - although I think I was mainly in recovery mode from my big Satirday night out wknd before last! Saturday Park Run defo NOT feeling in PB mood - Headed off easy and got

Elaine Moore from the Financial Times makes a fair point: with everyone glued to their screens, pinging messages, emails, Slack posts, and WhatsApp notes all day, maybe we’ve forgotten the simple art of

After years of only mild interest, gold has made a massive comeback in recent years, it's quite the change! For the first time in decades, the total value of gold above ground has actually slipped past

Japn is having to face up to a big problem ATM, and it's one that other developed countries could find themselves dealing with soon enough. It all starts with something anyone visiting Japan will recognise:

Liam Halligan’s Sunday Telegraph piece sounds a familiar alarm: you can promise whatever you want in politics, but in the end, the bond markets always have the final say. He points out that Labour might

I only managed three runs in the last week, went out with some mates on Saturday and that kind of killed my Monday run even, slower on Tuesday! No circuits this week either, but intuition tells me it's

Spirit Airlines tended to divide people - being a budget airline some loved it for its cheap prices, others loathed it because of its lack of frills and low quality service. But whatever you think about

Britain's Ajax Armoured Vehicle could well be one of Britain’s biggest military mistakes in recent years... The government kick started the project over 10 years ago and have now spent £5.5 billion on

John Rentoul’s article in The Independent doesn’t go after Keir Starmer for some flashy blunder or headline-making misstep. Instead, he says Starmer’s real mistake was much quieter - he looked weak. Rentoul

Patrick McGee wrote a short piece recently in The New York Times that puts Tim Cook under the microscope, askingP How should we look back at Cook’s time leading Apple? Since Cook took over from Steve Jobs

Over the past half a century Europe’s become a specialist in drafting rules for tech, climate, and digital markets, but when it comes to producing world-leading companies, it’s lagging behind. And this

And honestly with the price floating around $0.06 for so long that's not a huge amount of money to add that amount either. Just under $450, not a lot of money. I screenshotted that a couple days ago, and

So four runs this week... The Park Run, not aiming for a PB Monday's slow run Wednesday's slow run Friday's intervals Park Run I intended to head out at a 5 pace, and end on a 4.20, taking off .1 per KM.

According to a recent article in The Economist Britain is becoming pretty good at both building and using drones. This doesn't just meen teenagers down the park, drones are increasingly used in a lot of

We've had a scorching few days here in the UK just gone, apparently 9 people died in the 'heatwave' across three days, in water related incidents. We aired on the side of safety with the plants and opted

Simon Jenkins doesn’t sugarcoat it in The Guardian: When it comes to sanctions, the results just aren’t there. This is a tough pill for politicians to swallow. Sanctions seem so satisfying — they let

The past several decades of economic globalisation was built on a relatively high level of trust in global markets - with companies generally expecting that raw materials and goods could be sourced for