On 12th March 1829 undergraduates at the University of Cambridge sent a challenge to their counterparts at Oxford and started a tradition which continues in more or less the same form to this day. If you missed it last Saturday, imagine 16 heavy athletic men, plus a smaller man and a girl, afloat on the… Read More »
Pen Hadow, the polar explorer kindly entertained me to dinner recently at the Frontline Club. Pen and I share an ancestor way back in the 19th century but until last year I was only dimly aware of his existence and had no idea we might be distantly related. I knew, of course, that he was the first… Read More »
I am now in a minority in my own country! Some people would say I have been heading that way for some time! However, it is now official. If you are a fan of Tom Cruise, or possibly Samantha Morton, you will remember the 2002 film, Minority Report, where, in the future, criminals are caught… Read More »
You put your left leg in You put your left leg out In, out, in, out Shake it all about You do the Hokey Cokey and you turn around That’s what it’s all about. First there was outsourcing. You know what I mean. Legal Process Outsourcing (LPO) in exotic places like the Philippines, South Africa,… Read More »
A young man, about to leave his current employer and embark on a new career, posed an interesting question last weekend. As a result, the assembled company, duly fortified with a large jug of pre-prandial Bloody Mary, spent some time considering who owns an employee’s LinkedIn contact network, doubtless compiled with the knowledge and encouragement… Read More »
We humans are good at retrospectives. We delight in looking back and celebrating anniversaries. I indulge in this practice as much as anyone and readers will know already that 2011 is the 400th anniversary of the King James Bible. Sticking with the godly theme, this year is also the 300th anniversary of the completion of… Read More »