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Golden Oldie

The Boat Race

by Ollie Bristowe | Jul 23, 2023

Originally published June 2021. What do you mean, which boat race? There is only one: the Oxford Cambridge Boat Race on the Thames. The Boat Race experience is binary. Seven...

Golden Oldie

John le Carré: novelist of the moral battlefield

by William Cash | Jul 23, 2023

Originally published February 2021. A novelist in our post-God world where ideology has so often replaced faith, and where the very value of truth and what constitutes betrayal...

The Fund Manager

Undercover in Berlin

by Undercover Investor | Jul 18, 2023

A friend of mine was bemoaning his recent travel experience in Berlin, apparently one of his favourite European Cities. He had not been for several years and was drawn to a...

Golden Oldie

Arriving by river

by Martin Hole | Jul 17, 2023

Originally published February 2021. Messing about in boats, you come across all kinds of creatures – but it’s not the wild ones that chew your ear off. Beavers do extraordinary...

Golden Oldie

Wild things, I think I love you

by Martin Hole | Jul 17, 2023

Originally published June 2021. Our farms can be both wildlife-friendly and efficiently productive. Nirmal Purja, on completing his unique winter climb to the summit of K2,...

Golden Oldie

Numbers, metrics, Ruby Tigers and the value of an oak tree

by Martin Hole | Jul 17, 2023

Originally published September 2021. Why preserving the irreplaceable benefits everyone and especially moths. The names of moths are a delicious smorgasbord of rich imagery. Our...