Driving to an appointment recently I stumbled on a wonderful little programme on Radio 4 called A History of the World in 100 Objects . Last week it focused daily on five objects which gave an insight into the Silk …
Fascinating "On This Day" article for yesterday on the BBC website about the first purpose-built (and floating) Japanese trade fair in London in 1964. "The exhibition was intended to show that Britain had more to export than whisky and …
In the discussions on the Greek debt crisis, I believe a point that is often overlooked is the interdependence of the various eurozone economies with each other. According to a diagram published recently by the New York Times, banks and …
I’m very happy that I’m back online and able to blog again after an enforced absence due to Purdah (which prevents public bodies like UKTI from issuing information during the election period) and then a vacation (unenforced, but not if …
Did you know that the Japan's personal financial assets amount to JPY1,400 trillion (about GBP10 trillion), of which over half currently sits in bank or postal saving accounts with a tiny return? In addition, Japan has a rapidly ageing population and …
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