Two days ago I talked about Rowan Gormley’s unique Naked Wines club as a rare example of genuine social marketing. Lorraine Rogerson, who I see lives on the Turks and Caicos Islands, lucky beast, wrote on facebook saying, “I like …
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I stand before you astounded …. by a wild goose chase
Since as I remarked not long ago nobody learns history now you are excused for not knowing anything about the gent on the left. He is Clive of India, who won battles which transformed the position of the British in …
Read MoreA miracle! I’m back from the dead … Plus what’s missing from most social media?
“Back from the dead?” I hear you cry Am I Lazarus? Or did you think I was referring to a ghastly two day birthday hangover, you cynic? Not at all. Let me explain. I am in Sweden to speak at …
Read MoreWhat should you invest in now? How about something worth more than gold?
I don’t envy you if you want to invest. America is broke and getting broker. Europe is in chaos with the weak getting weaker and the strong getting fed-up with supporting them. Britain is no better, embroiled in wars we …
Read MoreNot sorted out your summer holidays yet? How about a trip to the Panjshir Valley, Afghanistan?
I get regular messages from my friend Greg Waggett, an ex-army chap who makes his living in dangerous places. (He also used to correspond regularly with David Ogilvy, but that’s another story) Here’s his latest, only of interest to those …
Read MoreMr. Cameron’s moral collapse and other current farces
Yesterday David Cameron spoke out about stopping the “slow motion moral collapse” that is happening here. Which collapse was he referring to? Was it poverty-stricken little him getting a mortgage which cost taxpayers £21,000 a year? Didn’t his £2 million …
Read MoreWhat do internet suckers and the British rioters have in common? Mental disability
You can learn a lot about human nature if you study crooks and their marks. For example I did a webinar a while ago analysing the brilliant copy of a U.S. TV “Bishop” who extracts money from gullible poor folk. …
Read MoreCall this a riot? A mere squabble compared to what our glorious ancestors got up to
Since history is no longer taught in our schools few will be aware of the Gordon Riots back in the 18th century which lasted for a week. In the summer of 1780 a mob of up to 60,000 people destroyed …
Read MoreThe great panic: how about a little perspective? Take a step back in time
Are you worried about what’s happening. About governments printing money, for instance? Then come with me on a visit to the ’70’s. In 1972 the amount of money in circulation in Britain went up by 28%. And just to make …
Read MoreDo you have to win no matter who suffers? Plus Bird’s Last Hurrah
This is fair warning. In November I’m coming to Australia. Leave before it’s too late. It is exactly 40 years since I first visited, in a desperate state after my business had gone down the pan. I spent six weeks …
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