

My loyal reader knows full well that I escape to southern seas for the winter months, and all winters are mere memories. Having experienced earthquakes, cyclones, fires and shootings across the waters, I am now ‘locked up’ in my home county, embarrassed that Kent has...
Oh, to be in Kiwi-land, now England’s winter’s here!

UK agriculture – challenge, confusion, opportunity
The past year has seen unprecedented change as all have faced up to the challenge of the pandemic. It has created challenge and not a little confusion, but it has also provided time and space to evaluate what really matters in life and the importance to us of our...
UK agriculture – challenge, confusion, opportunity

The great UBI debate: Why universal basic income will do no good
With each economic crisis that has hit since 2008, we have witnessed the central banks of many developed nations engaging in ever more voluminous quantitative easing. Against this backdrop, we should not have been surprised that supporters of universal basic income...
The great UBI debate: Why universal basic income will do no good

All change in the countryside
This article was originally published in Summer 2019. Farming in the UK is changing faster than anyone realises. There will be winners – and losers… The UK farming industry is facing a period of radical change that most farmers are underestimating both in extent and...
All change in the countryside

Not quite REIT
Paying dividends is kind of important for a REIT, but some of them seem to have forgotten that lately. This is my 40th year following the sector as analyst, salesman and occasional corporate adviser. When I first started there were just four companies that really...
Not quite REIT