URSABLOG. A Change in Space and Time 6: Time Redeemed.
One of the things I find most fascinating about shipping is the relationship between time and space, and how markets adapt to it. If trade is the buying and selling of goods over t
URSABLOG. A Change in Space and Time 5: A Trick of the Light
What is often forgotten about ancient Athenian democracy – particularly considering its influence on the Enlightenment, and the various revolutions that followed – is that it w
URSABLOG. A Change in Space and Time 4: Books Do Furnish a Room
I did not expect that moving house would bring into focus my mortality, and on what to do with the time I had left on this planet. I had hoped and expected that it would be rejuven
URSABLOG. A Change in Space and Time 3: Sound and Vision.
At one point soon after I moved into my new place, dispirited by towers of unopened cardboard boxes, I started to think that it was foolish of me to hang on to so much stuff, espec
URSABLOG: A Change in Space and Time. Part 2: My Favourite Shirt
You may have come across Parkinson’s Law: Work expands so as to fill the time available for its completion. Well, I think this can be adapted into other areas of life, whilst sti
URSABLOG: A Change in Space and Time
I’ve just moved house – from one part of central Athens to another – and even though the distance is short, and the new flat is more or less the same size, this change has pr
URSABLOG: Do The Rules Still Apply?
Around ten years ago, in the midst of the worst dry bulk carrier market for a generation, when some ships were being arrested and auctioned by pitiless and ignorant banks, and many