When Queen Victoria opened the Great Exhibition in 1851, Britain was the world’s leading industrial power, producing more than half its iron, coal and cotton cloth. Well, I don’t think Her Late Majesty would be very amused to hear from her great-great granddaughter how the country she bequeathed to her descendants in perpetuity is currently faring…
Trying to keep the relationship platonic
Following the recent news of Greece's continuing woes, and thinking about what to write, I soon realized that very little has changed since I penned the two Posts below in 2012. The country's new whacko Government has won a reprieve from a fatal dose of international hemlock by promising to come up with alternative measures…
Brussels Sprouts
"I never forget a face, but in your case I will be glad to make an exception". Groucho Marx's famous line haunted me the other day as I tried, in vain, to remember the name, face or other distinguishing feature of the first (and only) person I ever met who worked in Brussels with the…
Tax Break 