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Since the UK General Election, I have been encouraged by the ambition for more devolved decision-making. What I am being told is that the combined regional authorities will not only execute, but frame much of government policy on the ground.Time will tell what this adds up to in practice and,...
Something’s happened in the world of music; it is now almost impossible for new artists to build visual recognition and their brands. The reason is simple: TikTok, and its...
Among the complaints raised by British farmers parking their tractors in Whitehall to protest at the Chancellor’s plan to reduce APR (Agricultural Property Relief, the 100%...
“Cricket is baseball for people with brains”, the contrarian cricket enthusiast, Piers Morgan, told viewers and listeners to the US Cricket Daily, the world's first and only...
By the end of 2024, around 1.5 billion people will have headed to the polls to vote at elections across 50 different countries. But, arguably, the most important is to come. The...
Family offices and institutional investors are programmed to ignore cold emails. And it’s not because they’re mean or don’t like your deal. It’s because they can’t...
The annual announcement of the Booker Prize Longlist is one of the highlights of the publishing calendar for readers of new fiction in English. The remit of the Booker is now so...
I ran this story in my column on Substack just over three years ago, and I am running it again so new subscribers will have a chance to read it. It’s a piece I wrote for the late...
The best thing about entrepreneurship is you’ve got no boss. The worst thing about entrepreneurship is you’ve got no boss. Boss is a terrible word. Mentor is a better word, but...
Trump's signature policy would frighten Americans without improving the immigration situation. “The crops are all in and the peaches are rotten/ The oranges piled in their...