Letters to the Editor – 19/08 – Arts versus science, Best of Twitter August 18, 2013 Arts versus science [Re: Why you can bank on the humanities to launch a City career, Friday] I have mixed feelings about this editorial. I agree that banking employees should have a well-rounded education. And coming as I do from a quantitative background, I admire those who have been trained in the art of “peaceful [...]
Alternative finance could liberate UK SMEs if regulators lift the speed limit October 21, 2013 THE ARGUMENT about banks and the adequacy (or not) of their lending to small businesses has raged on for about four years. It is a length of time comparable with the duration of the First World War, and this is a depressingly appropriate comparison. For all the thousands of rhetorical shells fired by both sides [...]
Jol thrilled after Parker becomes Fulham’s eighth summer signing August 19, 2013 FULHAM manager Martin Jol believes signing midfielder Scott Parker from London rivals Tottenham represents a major coup for his club. The 32-year-old has penned a three-year deal and is in line to make his debut against Arsenal on Saturday. Parker is the third former Spurs player to have arrived at Craven Cottage this summer, after [...]
Cowes Week Diary : Thompson defies the weather to win bumper cheque for charity August 5, 2013 Though sailing is a water sport and we’re used to getting wet, somehow when it comes from the sky it’s just not right and it’s especially unpleasant when combined with light winds for racing. So it was unfortunate to see so much rain fall and only a light breeze on day three. The winners continued [...]
Ozil: Wenger the reason I ditched Real for Gunners September 3, 2013 ARSENAL’S new £42.5m record signing Mesut Ozil has revealed how manager Arsene Wenger personally persuaded him to leave Real Madrid for north London in the biggest deal of transfer deadline day. The Germany playmaker says Wenger lured him to Emirates Stadium late in the window by promising him a pivotal role in the team and [...]
US radicals have dealt a serious blow to the struggle for small government October 17, 2013 A SCENE from Steven Spielberg’s film Lincoln came to me while watching the US Republican surrender over the debt ceiling crisis. President Abraham Lincoln’s advice to Thaddeus Stevens, a leading opponent of slavery, is almost unmatchable as a universal dialogue between the world’s radicals and the men and women who hope to get things done [...]
Hoddle, Mills and Gradi on Dyke’s panel October 9, 2013 FORMER England manager Glenn Hoddle, ex-player Danny Mills and long-serving Crewe boss Dario Gradi were last night confirmed among the names on Football Association chairman Greg Dyke’s commission. Dyke hopes to add two more appointments, one of whom could be Sir Alex Ferguson, but admitted the Premier League had declined to join the panel tasked [...]
Move into the heart of city living October 24, 2013 Make a smart international investment or simply live among some of the world’s most famous landmarks There are certain things non-Londoners take for granted that seem like every-day miracles to those living in the capital. Walking to work is one of them – the morning commute is inescapable in the Big Smoke. You can also [...]
Forget the English rose, start drinking the English grape September 10, 2013 Bottle.opener@cityam.com LAST Friday the day job took me to visit the vineyards of Chapel Down in Kent. The visit left me with no end of ideas and information and spurred me into action. I have always been a sceptic about English wine. Let’s face it, we live far closer to the Arctic than the Equator [...]
Obama is risking disaster for the US as his administration abandons Asia October 6, 2013 WHILE all eyes are on the horrifying sight of American political dysfunction, an equally dangerous long-term threat to the country lurks just beneath the surface: the administration’s reflexive and disastrous foreign policy pivot away from Asia and towards the thankless Middle East. Forget the comforting nostrums that the US government can focus on more than [...]