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Letter from Paris: the return – in style – of Roland Garros

by Andy Watson | Sep 20, 2022 | The Fund Manager, zOurWriters1

Our writer reports from court side. Like many in Paris, I relished last week’s return of two of the most anticipated shows on earth: Top Gun: Maverick and Roland-Garros. Both events had waited a long time to properly open their doors to an eager public and were...

Building back better

by Tom Duncan | Sep 20, 2022 | Golden Oldie, Head Of Research

Why timber buildings may be key in limiting climate change. Originally published September 2021. The latest Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) Report makes for grim reading. It finds that climate change is here, it is accelerating and left unchecked the...

How Queen Elizabeth II made the British monarchy into a global brand

by John MT Balmer | Sep 20, 2022 | The Analyst, zLead Article, zNewsletter

Queen Elizabeth II was not just a monarch, she represented a global brand. And for the past seven decades, this brand has to some extent defined and promoted the British nation around the world. Brands are important corporate (or in this case national) assets that can...

How Putin has impacted the next UK election

by Savvas Savouri | Sep 15, 2022 | The Economist, zEditor's pick

Now, whatever one may believe concerning his past attempts to ‘subvert parliamentary elections’, it can be assured that Putin has affected how the UK next go to the polls. For, by invading Ukraine, Putin has had an impact on the UK’s political landscape....

Following the success of his operation, we are so pleased to publish Garrison’s column for the week. We hear that he broke out of the hospital and graduated from transitional care and is under the rigours of at-home therapy.

by Garrison Keillor | Sep 14, 2022 | The Storyteller, zOtherDiversions

What if it does and they do? Sea levels are rising as the polar ice caps melt and now it’s clear why Republicans are in favour of global warming, it’s a form of gerrymandering. It destroys the Democratic coasts and drives disheartened Manhattanites westward to wander...