There are none so blind as those that cannot see! Goodness that could have been my own epitaph ten years ago, in fact it nearly was. But life has a... read more →
Walking around Cape Town's Waterfront at the moment is a little like a stroll through the shopping malls of Bombay or is that Mumbai, I think that shows my age!... read more →
I was lucky enough recently, thanks to good friends at Everton football club, to experience a world class stadium at its very best. With six others, all of whom had... read more →
I recently sat at a restaurant table with a young South African couple, who I do not know, and listened to the gentleman justify the failure of South Africa to... read more →
I am really not sure whether I am in a recession, repression, remission or depression! There is so much to think about and worry about, things are shrinking and sliding... read more →
I am a creature of habit. Sorry that is simply a fact and there is no escaping it, you can set your watch by me and I am probably the... read more →
With the latest moves of Mother Russia to secure itself additional holiday resorts on the Black Sea and the new denim clad Mr Putin marching with the old red army... read more →
Time and the passage of time are to some extent illusionary. We can at one moment feel that we have had the longest week in history but at the same... read more →
They say that moving house is second only in stress value to getting divorced. Well I have just moved house and I can tell you that they are 100% correct,... read more →
Since the 1980's there has been a dramatic change in the regulation of companies involved in the promotion and administration, of financially related products. Wave after wave of legislation has... read more →