Category: Credo

Beneath glossy surface lies the real thing

11th November 2012

They may not be poetry or deathless prose, but advertising slogans have given us some of the more memorable phrases … Read more

13th October 2012

What makes some children succeed while others fail? More generally, what drives some people to great achievement while others languish, … Read more

22nd September 2012

Apart from the Paralympics themselves, for me the most moving moment of an extraordinary summer was the BBC film, “The … Read more

18th August 2012

Is leadership possible anymore? That is the provocative question raised by Harvard theorist Barbara Kellerman in her recent book, The … Read more

21st July 2012

There have been some splendid books recently on philosophy as a way of life, among them Oliver Burkeman’s The Antidote, … Read more

7th July 2012

The banking scandals, rate fixing and resignations may have a silver lining if they awaken us to a fact about … Read more

23rd June 2012

The wisest rule in investment is: when others are selling, buy. When others are buying, sell. Usually, of course, we … Read more

28th May 2012

One government is overturned in France, another in Greece, and in Britain the coalition loses votes. These are just the … Read more

14th April 2012

Celebrating Passover, as we’ve just been doing – today is the last day – I’ve been reminded of a very … Read more

24th March 2012

What creates freedom? A revolution in the streets? Mass protest? Civil war? A change of government? The ousting of the … Read more