Apologies are in vogue. Everyone, it seems, wants to say sorry. Perhaps I should even apologise now, for writing about the ubiquity of mea culpa? But no, that would be taking contrition too far. Surely we don’t have to apologise for everything? Or do we? At state level, apologies for long distant events have become [...]
After some of the wettest months since records began, I know I am not alone in rejoicing at the arrival of summer. I was particularly struck during my cycle to work today by how this long overdue sunshine casts London in its most majestic light. There is an almost unearthly picturesque quality to how the [...]
Is Michael Portillo a textbook example of the difficult task of reinvention?
Sound ethical behaviour by politicians in the first place is better than going through the motions of tax return disclosure
Trenton Oldfield knows how to get a message across. It’s a shame that it was such a dubious one, communicated to such ruinous effect
The Mail recently reported on a study by Harvard Business School which suggested that employees were happier in the workplace if they managed to ignore their smartphones or other work-related devices for just one night a week. Those who embraced the notion of what Harvard called ‘predictable time off’ (PTO), in research which was [...]
