Built on rock
We have all heard the parable of the wise man who built his house on rock and the foolish man who built his house upon the sand. When the rains descended, the floods came and the winds blew and beat upon those houses, the one built on rock was left standing. Now...
Much Ado About Nothing
With BAFTA and Academy Award season upon us, Hamnet moving the nation to the core and Shakespeare’s oeuvre fresh in mind, we turn this quarter to Much Ado About Nothing: at heart, a study in how confidently held narratives can outrun reality. The drama is not driven...
Tax Relief!
After weeks of anticipation, speculation and selective leaking, the Budget has acquired something of the atmosphere of the Fyre Festival! Thankfully, the Chancellor has reaffirmed her commitment to just one fiscal event each year, so this particular circus will not...
No such thing as bad publicity
Oscar Wilde observed that “the only thing worse than being talked about is not being talked about.” Phineas Taylor Barnum, the showman immortalised in The Greatest Showman, put it more bluntly: “there is no such thing as bad publicity.” Both might be surprised at how...