13 Apr

Why is it that sometimes we do things which are not in our best interests? And even when our actions bring about the results that others have warned us to be afraid of, we double down and carry on doing them? There is a stubbornness in all of us that sets it face against reality, […]

06 Apr

Hope is a wonderful thing, it is the thing with feathers and dies last. Blame is not so good: it is destructive and by trying to avoid it not only do we make mistakes, we also cannot take ownership of our actions, or worse, take responsibility for them. The blame game has no winners. “Liberation […]

30 Mar

The Report on the Work of the Government, delivered by Chinese Premier Li Qiang at the Third Session of the 14th National People’s Congress on 5th March is an impressive – and long – piece of work. I have a soft – if somewhat masochistic – spot for Communist Party language which has a turgid […]

24 Mar

The sun didn’t really manage to shine through the clouds today, and was too weak to burn off the belts of morning mist that were wrapped around the hillsides. We were enshrouded as we sat and had breakfast; the grey sea in the distance faded in and out of our consciousness, peeking through the curtains […]

16 Mar

When the temperature gets a little warmer, and spring looks as though it will finally arrive, the battle begins once again, and this year – in the spirit of the times perhaps – it seems to being brought to me especially vehemently. I live in the centre of Athens, where trees and greenery are scarce, […]