URSABLOG: Joining The Dots
It is one of the many ironies of my life. There is a lesson in an introductory course for the Institute of Chartered Shipbrokers (ICS) called Understanding Shipping , and is design
URSABLOG: The Multi-Body Problem
A few years ago, at the end of the first lockdown, I went to the Stavros Niarchos Park, the gardens that surround the Cultural Centre in southern Athens, for an evening event where
URSABLOG: Clichés and Love Songs
Why is it that some truisms, clichés (hoary or otherwise) and rules of thumb stick in the mind more than others? I don’t mean those statements like “Japanese owners always sel
URSABLOG: There May Be Trouble Ahead…
A recent report in The Economist asked the question why China was stockpiling commodities – from oil to grain to iron ore and a lot more in between – and whether this would con