Broad Oak Magazine

"Red sky at morning, sailors take warning" Pic source: Wikipedia I've just read Michael Crichton's " Rising Su...

I keep asking what exactly is meant by "Left" and "Right", which are used more as labels in political argument to cut di...

"Right, that's the building transferred under a PFI arrangement to a trust registered in the Dutch Antilles, the headteacher wil...

Here is something to think about. On local TV the other day the UKIP candidate for one of the seats up here (can't remember his name...

Influential blogger Richard North thinks our best chance of an EU referendum is to vote Conservative this time. I think he is mistaken. E...

In the General Election campaign of 1970, Alan Aldridge designed a controversial poster showing plasticine models of the Conservative Cabine...

http://www.theguardian.com/membership/2015/feb/18/guardian-live-what-is-ttip-and-how-does-it-affect-us Practical example: Raytheon . ...

... and much more, including democracy itself: Q&A, including an idea how to handle the banks with a "depositors' unio...

The above clip is from a child's game called Raft Wars 2. As with the original, cute little characters (including a baby) bravely bat...

"People want to kill somebody, but they don't know who to shoot at" ...

A thought-provoking piece from Mark Thoma , in which he argues that many jobs that have gone deserved to go; it's the creation of new on...

Newpaper headlines: we're in deflation for the first time since x years. Yes, looking at RPI, which takes into account mortgage costs, w...

Is this a fair picture of our relationship with the Far East and Europe? If so, what happens if we disconnect from "ever-closer union?&...

This report says it's coming. ( htp: Upside Trader ) UPDATE: Not so - think $100 !

The previous post is a summary of Brad Setser's views on China and the dollar. What with the oil price coming down and the trade deficit...

I said on Friday , "I think 2008 will be seen in retrospect as the year that the global balance of power underwent a sudden tectonic sh...

Sir: Your leader (“ Riders On The Storm ”, 1 November) suggests that current investor sentiment is “excessively negative”. That depends upon...

Steve Moyer gives a pretty clear (occasionally a bit aerated) potted history of the woeful train of events, over the ten years from the star...

I sat in my clients' office yesterday afternoon, waiting for them to arrive. The office had lovely new desks; as it turned out, not new,...

In 1971, the economist Stafford Beer brought the cybernetic revolution to Chile . His key perception was that economic decisions needed not ...