Thursday, March 19, 2026

Trump runs amok - the US returns to type

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  I thought it would be a welcome relief to come to the wilds of Namibia to photograph wildlife and switch off from the world…but I was wron...
Sunday, March 15, 2026

The downfall of privilege and the Epstein effect

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 The soap opera of the British Royal family is endlessly entertaining. The Brits love it. Tabloid newspaper front pages are seldom free of t...
Saturday, March 14, 2026

Bubbles - AI set to take a bath

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Are we living in an Artificial Intelligence (AI) bubble which is about to burst? It is a question many are asking so it seems like a good ti...
Tuesday, August 5, 2025

Political Metaphor - and being wise after the event

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I was thinking about writing a piece about Taiwan’s (big) recall and the political, social and constitutional machinations surrounding it.  ...

Taiwan’s recall vote for closer ties with China is clear to all the world

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The results of the Big Recall last weekend sends a strong message to the rest of the world that the island’s people are happy to see closer ...
Tuesday, May 27, 2025

Politics of the Kindergaten

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Unless you have been living under a rock for the past few of years, it is hard not to notice that the quality of some of our Members of Parl...

Financial Markets - Never try to catch a falling knife

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A large chunk of my over 40-year journalistic career was spent covering economics and financial markets. It was my job to talk to those in t...