Here are some hotels to avoid in Turin – and one to visit. My partner Marta went home for Christmas, as she always does, to Lecce in Puglia. It was quite an undertaking, as it often is – especially since …
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The Heaviest Element Known to Science
Lawrence Livermore Laboratories has discovered the heaviest element yet known to science. The new element, Governmentium (Gv), has one neutron, 25 assistant neutrons, 88 deputy neutrons, and 198 assistant deputy neutrons, giving it an atomic mass of 312. These 312 …
Read MoreCountries get the rulers they deserve.
Between them the great Bliar and the Bloated Haggis managed something extraordinary. In the eleven years since they took over, besides transforming a massive financial surplus into our greatest burden of debt since the end of the second world war …
Read MoreWatch out, jerks about!
“You will want to discover cutting edge knowledge from two thought leaders,” was the message I just got from somebody called Spindelman on Facebook. This asinine piece of patronising jargon was “sent to the members of ZnaTrainer Saturday Blog Radio …
Read MoreDo I detect somebody being “creative”? Oh dear.
Life is full of laughable little details. I’m writing this in Zurich en route from New York to Vienna where I hope not to bore some bankers to tears. The high point of my trip so far was on one …
Read MoreAren’t you a genius yet? Shame on you!
How fortunate we all are to live in a period when giants stride the earth, I thought this morning. I was sitting here in Brooklyn’s fabled** Butler Street writing some copy for a client when I heard that “plink” that …
Read MoreMedical miracles
As I’m lying sick in bed, I found this very helpful this morning. At a medical conference, an Israeli doctor boasted, ‘Medicine in my country is so advanced, we can take a kidney out of one person, put it in …
Read MoreSick, sick, sick
I’m lying in bed feeling sorry for myself. I’m good at that. Someone in my family I thought I could rely on has let me down badly – more on that when I overcome my rage. But the real problem …
Read MoreGood advice, good food – and a little light music
Back in September my friend Rowan Gormley said a couple of things worth remembering in his hilarious talk at our EADIM seminar in Brussels. 1. Never fall for other people’s bullshit 2. Never fall for your own bullshit The first …
Read MoreThick? Callous? No shame? Clueless? Can’t accept responsibility? You should do well at stalag Haringey – or maybe in the government
If you’re unfamiliar with what’s going on in Britain I should explain that a 17 month old baby – called “P” – was tortured to death by his so called mother and lovers (one of whom was a Nazi fan) …
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