Archive
2011Articles originally published in 2011.
December 2011
Shoppers and the economy (29 December 2011)
ECB, liquidity, and sovereign debt (21 December 2011)
North Korea in transition (20 December 2011)
Václav Havel passes away (18 December 2011)
Franco-British spat (16 December 2011)
Scotland and the Union (10 December 2011)
Two-speed Europe (9 December 2011)
Are bloggers journalists and part of the media? (7 December 2011)
Mr Cameron and the EU treaty (7 December 2011)
Christmas card (6 December 2011)
Recession and TV adverts (5 December 2011)
China’s foreign reserves policy (4 December 2011)
Politics: investment, efficiency and cuts (4 December 2011)
Tabloids and fabrication (1 December 2011)
Public sector strike and Jeremy Clarkson (1 December 2011)
Threat of deflation? (1 December 2011)
November 2011
UK (30 November 2011) Strike
Governments and markets (28 November 2011)
Economics, human nature and history (25 November 2011)
Public interest (25 November 2011)
Obituaries for Google+? (23 November 2011)
Social networking sites: who owns the content? (17 November 2011)
Books in the digital age (12 November 2011)
Online personalities (9 November 2011)
End of Mr Berlusconi’s premiership? (8 November 2011)
What next for Pakistan? (BBC documentary: Secret Pakistan) (3 November 2011)
Greece and the euro (1 November 2011)
Garlic, glorious smoked garlic (1 November 2011)
October 2011
Original and unique content (31 October 2011)
Halloween (29 October 2011)
Pakistan’s double-dealing (BBC documentary: Secret Pakistan) (26 October 2011)
Writing is difficult (14 October 2011)
Using Google+ as a sounding board (12 October 2011)
September 2011
Using Google+ as a blogging platform? (27 September 2011)
Web content and design (26 September 2011)
Updating the site while travelling (20 September 2011)
Heathrow, or purgatory (8 September 2011)
August 2011
Argentine steakhouses: a new fad? (28 August 2011)
Do you have wireless? (21 August 2011)
Riots in the streets, routs in the markets (12 August 2011)
UK riots: unease in London (10 August 2011)
Quiet in London, mayhem continues elsewhere (10 August 2011)
Fear in London (9 August 2011)
Riots across London (9 August 2011)
US and China: collusion collapsing? (6 August 2011)
July 2011
Lord’s: England v India (Day 5: 25 July 2011) (30 July 2011)
US and credibility (28 July 2011)
¡No pasarán! (24 July 2011)
Japan — Women’s football team wins the World Cup (18 July 2011)
US — Will it default? (17 July 2011)
Damn you, Google! (16 July 2011)
Google goes social: 2 (4 July 2011)
June 2011
Watching Wimbledon (Day 3) (23 June 2011)
Wimbledon, rain and ticket outs (22 June 2011)
Japan — Recovery and reconstruction (13 June 2011)
London Mayoral election and a ‘newspaper’ (11 June 2011)
Royal Wedding: mug shots — 9 (3 June 2011)
May 2011
Privacy and injunctions (26 May 2011)
Europe — Where is the left? (19 May 2011)
Belgium still without a government (8 May 2011)
A day in Paris (28 October 2010) (8 May 2011)
From the United Kingdom to the Federal Kingdom? (6 May 2011)
FPTP or AV? (4 May 2011)
A few thoughts on bin Laden’s death (3 May 2011)
Al Qaeda: pyramid or hydra? (2 May 2011)
Royal Wedding — A glimpse of Duke and Duchess of Cambridge (29 April 2011) (1 May 2011)
April 2011
Royal Wedding: a media occasion? (28 April 2011)
Anyone for commemorative busts of the royal couple? (25 April 2011)
Royal Wedding: mug shots — 2 — 3 — 4 — 5 — 6 — 7 — 8 (25 April 2011)Royal Wedding: mug shots — 1 (21 April 2011)
Green Flag (16 April 2011)
Long memories of search engines (13 April 2011)
Do you have to be an Aussie to work for Aussie Man and Van? (8 April 2011)
Google goes social (4 April 2011)
March 2011
Libya — What next? (18 March 2011)
Earthquake in Japan (March 2011) — 20 (18 March 2011)
Intervention in Libya (17 March 2011)
Earthquake in Japan (March 2011) — 19 (17 March 2011)
Earthquake in Japan (March 2011) — 18 (16 March 2011)
Earthquake in Japan (March 2011) — 17 (15 March 2011)
Earthquake in Japan (March 2011) — 16 (15 March 2011)
Earthquake in Japan (March 2011) — 15 (15 March 2011)
Earthquake in Japan (March 2011) — 14 (14 March 2011)
Earthquake in Japan (March 2011) — 13 (14 March 2011)
Earthquake in Japan (March 2011) — 12 (14 March 2011)
Earthquake in Japan (March 2011) — 11 (14 March 2011)
Rolling blackouts (13 March 2011)
Earthquake in Japan (March 2011) — 10 (13 March 2011)
Earthquake in Japan (March 2011) — 9 (13 March 2011)
Earthquake in Japan (March 2011) — 8 (13 March 2011)
Earthquake in Japan (March 2011) — 7 (12 March 2011)
Earthquake in Japan (March 2011) — 6 (12 March 2011)
Earthquake in Japan (March 2011) — 5 (11 March 2011)
Earthquake in Japan (March 2011) — 4 (11 March 2011)
Earthquake in Japan (March 2011) — 3 (11 March 2011)
Earthquake in Japan (March 2011) — 2 (11 March 2011)
Earthquake in Japan (March 2011) — 1 (11 March 2011)
Parliament Square: William ❤ Kate (6 March 2011)
Labour needs PR? (3 March 2011)
Contemporary English butchers? (2 March 2011)
Libya in a stalemate? (2 March 2011)
February 2011
Revolutions in the Middle East and North Africa (22 February 2011)
Libya’s Ceauşescu moment? (21 February 2011)
Egypt: President Mubarak steps down (11 February 2011)