I was struck this morning by a quote from (yes, sorry, it’s him again) Donald Trump in his speech to the National Republican Congressional Committee (NRCC) dinner on Tuesday. Trump was talking about the number of countries around the world calling...

I first needed a bank account when I went to university and at that time everything seemed straightforward. Midland Bank had a portacabin behind the student union building and the only three things that were important were a chequebook, trying to...

Just deserts is a metaphor frequently used to describe an appropriate punishment (mostly used in fiction to add a satisfying mirror effect – think of the naughty golden-ticket kids in Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, for example). But what if it...

Many of you who read our blog might be Manchester United fans. In fact, there’s a very good chance that this is the case, given the Club has a reported billion followers around the world.  The Club has been in the UK news a lot lately. Well, they...