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"Where are you?" "At ///enters.hers.winks"
It was in the south-western Japanese city of Kumamoto when I first cursed myself for not downloading the app
Richard Pooley
7 min read


Cultural Observation Posts
I am a people person and my favourite hobby, especially when travelling, is to observe people and their behaviour sitting somewhere
Dr. Jehad Al-Omari
8 min read


Only Predict
by Vincent Guy “Forecasting is tough – especially about the future.” Attributed to Sam Goldwyn, but probably Niels Bohr Alex Salmond,...
Vincent Guy
4 min read


Decolonisation and the Wind of Change, or From : to ; in the Time of Covid
The hospital which has just relieved me of half my gut gave us patients a journal to fill in during our stay. This was to record physical
Tina Moskal
7 min read


Did Sherlock Holmes really exist?
The question posed in the title of this article may strike you as absurd. No, I hope you will answer: Sherlock Holmes was the fictional
Richard Pooley
7 min read


“You should not be saying these things to foreigners.” The problem I have explaining my own culture.
Some time ago I was one of a team training people working for a Europe-wide electronics retailing company. The subject was Global Leadership
Dr. Jehad Al-Omari
7 min read


What do a moth and Lady Ross’s Turaco tell us about our future?
I began a tour around western Kenya 2 weeks ago on the perimeter of the Maasai Mara Game Reserve
Dr. Mark Nicholson
7 min read


Promising or Polarizing?
It is the classic classroom clash. The blustering, roaring yet brilliant thug shouting down the neat, scholarly, quietly-determined swot.
Stoker
6 min read


A Letter from Germany – Are the Germans Really That Efficient?
More than one year after the Covid-19 pandemic began in earnest in Europe, Germany has failed to deal with it effectively or, dare I say it,
Peter-Jeorg Alexander
7 min read


The Polarisation of Politics - Today’s Zeitgest
The polarisation of politics in the US would appear to be very much due to the two-party system which operates there. Republicans are right-
Lynda Goetz
7 min read
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