14 April 2016 Obesity Industry solves the problem. By Chin Chin Thank the Lord for Susan Jebb, Professor of Diet and Population Health at the University of Oxford, Senior Obesity Adviser to Public Health England and to the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence, known to the general public as the “weight Tsar”, who… Continue reading Issue 49: 2016 04 14: Obesity (Chin Chin)
Category: Features
Issue 48: 2016 04 07: Time Zones and Time Changes (Lynda Goetz)
07 April 2016 Time Zones and Time Changes Daylight saving anomalies Down Under and elsewhere by Lynda Goetz Flying from one continent to another, one accepts the inevitable disorientation caused by ending up in different time zones. Commonly, of course, known as jet lag, one ends up either gaining or losing hours or even an… Continue reading Issue 48: 2016 04 07: Time Zones and Time Changes (Lynda Goetz)
Issue 48: 2016 04 07: Cromwell’s Rule of Statistics (Chin Chin)
07 April 2016 Cromwell’s Rule of Statistics The new research on Lawrence disturbs our certainties by Chin Chin It quite ruined my breakfast. There I was, reading the newspaper, wrapped in that happy shroud of sneering cynicism which distinguishes the North Londoner, when my eye fell on an article about research done by the University… Continue reading Issue 48: 2016 04 07: Cromwell’s Rule of Statistics (Chin Chin)
Issue 48: 2016 04 07: Perfect success or perfect opportunity? (Frank O’Nomics)
7 April 2016 Perfect storm or perfect opportunity? by Frank O’Nomics A number of fears have been hanging over financial markets in the first quarter of this year; worries about the world economic outlook and a sharp pick-up in market volatility have been key elements, but the one that seems to be preoccupying traders in… Continue reading Issue 48: 2016 04 07: Perfect success or perfect opportunity? (Frank O’Nomics)
Issue 48: 2016 04 07: A Cultural Family? (Richard Pooley)
07 April 2016 A Cultural Family? by Richard Pooley “So, why should we vote to stay?” has been a pretty common question from my friends in the UK ever since Cameron promised a referendum on EU membership. Many assume that because I now live in France – “over there”,“on the continent” or, most tellingly, “in Europe”… Continue reading Issue 48: 2016 04 07: A Cultural Family? (Richard Pooley)
!ssue 47:2016 03 31: No Rain on the Parade (J.R.Thomas)
31 March 2016 No Rain On The Parade Easter celebrations in Seville by J.R.Thomas “The past is a foreign country, they do things differently there” famously wrote L P Hartley in The Go-Between. We may have come to think that in modern times and after two thirds of a century of European Union that the… Continue reading !ssue 47:2016 03 31: No Rain on the Parade (J.R.Thomas)
Issue 47: 2016 03 31: The existential crisis in banking (Frank O’Nomics)
31 March 2016 The existential crisis in banking by Frank O’Nomics Financial institutions exist to make money. Or at least they used to. The financial crisis of 2008, the seemingly endless series of scandals (Libor, FX, interest rates swaps, etc,etc) have all served to lead these entities, which are the life blood of a service… Continue reading Issue 47: 2016 03 31: The existential crisis in banking (Frank O’Nomics)
Issue 47: 2016 03 31: Silent Virtue (Chin Chin)
31 March 2016 Silent Virtue It is not the doing but the not telling that is the true virtue. by Chin Chin From time to time I try to do Lorentz transformations in the bath. No, that isn’t some exciting new deviant procedure involving a bar of soap and a plastic duck; it isn’t even… Continue reading Issue 47: 2016 03 31: Silent Virtue (Chin Chin)
Issue 46: 2016 03 24: Quicksilver Pro Surfing Championships (Lynda Goetz)
24 March 2016 Quicksilver Pro Surf Championships by Lynda Goetz I am English. I do not live on or near the West Cornwall or North Devon coasts and I was 25 a lifetime ago, so it almost goes without saying that my knowledge of surfing is not just minimal but almost non-existent. However, here I… Continue reading Issue 46: 2016 03 24: Quicksilver Pro Surfing Championships (Lynda Goetz)
Issue 46: 2016 03 24: Also in Cannes
24 March 2016 Also in Cannes Shaw Sheet reports from MIPIM by J.R.Thomas March on the French Riviera; spring abounding on the Mediterranean. What could be more agreeable after the grey gloom of a British winter? To be sure, the weather is not always totally reliable; sudden spring storms can sweep in and bend the… Continue reading Issue 46: 2016 03 24: Also in Cannes
Issue 46: 2016 03 23: To be or not to be – who, exactly? (Chin Chin)
24 March 2016 To Be Or Not To Be – Who, Exactly? Finding a Shakespearean alter ego. By Chin Chin It is always said that psychometric tests are hard to manipulate and I suppose that must be the case otherwise they would be completely useless. After all, most employers want exactly the same things: intelligence,… Continue reading Issue 46: 2016 03 23: To be or not to be – who, exactly? (Chin Chin)
Issue 46: 2016 03 24: À la recherche du temps perdu? (Richard Pooley)
24 March 2016 À la recherche du temps perdu? by Richard Pooley I returned from an overseas trip two weeks ago to hear some good news. Literally. The bells of the 15th century village church were ringing the angelus for the first time in over a year. The peel of three bells, repeated three times… Continue reading Issue 46: 2016 03 24: À la recherche du temps perdu? (Richard Pooley)
Issue 45: 2016 03 17:Forever Young(Chin Chin)
17 March 2016 Forever young Should songwriters respect old age? by Chin Chin Not me, of course. My hair is absolutely splendid, Boris-like, indeed. Still, it seems that there are those who find the lyrics of the Beatles song “When I am sixty-four” with its reference to hair loss, a tad less amusing as they… Continue reading Issue 45: 2016 03 17:Forever Young(Chin Chin)
