by Markos Manolopoulos | Mar 16, 2023 | Ideas
Environment, social and governance as a method of investing has become ever more popular over recent years, but it remains fraught with problems too. Here’s our guide to ESG investing — can it really deliver positive impact? ESG stands for Environment, Social and...
by Seb Lowe | Mar 8, 2023 | Ideas, Lifestyle, People & Movements
The latest fixation of the anti-vax, 5G-fearing goons is the ‘international socialist concept’ of… being able to walk to the shops. The 15-minute city is nothing new. It has existed for as long as humans have been settlers, save for a brief hiatus of 100 or so years...
by Fred Hobby | Mar 4, 2023 | Ideas, Other
Fred Hobby sheds light on an emerging Chinese Belt and Road Initiative in Sri Lanka. In the midst of a national debt crisis and environmental backlash, is this the answer to prosperity? China’s Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) has laid its foundations right across the...
by Oliver Tufft | Feb 16, 2023 | Ideas, People & Movements
In the second instalment of our rewilding series, Oliver Tufft explains how adopting a harmonious relationship with nature can be a profitable endeavour. The speed with which Homo sapiens rose to the top of the food chain can be cited, anthropologically speaking, as a...
by Seb Lowe | Feb 10, 2023 | Ideas
The rail network in the UK is grinding to a halt. Strikes, delays and astronomical fares — is it too late to save our trains for the good of the planet? Here is a stat for you: in Great Britain, 32.3% of trains were delayed or cancelled in Q3 of 2022. Of the trains...
by Fred Hobby | Jan 30, 2023 | Ideas
Fred Hobby tells the story of the failed Chinese Belt and Road development in Johor Bahru, Malaysia — what can we learn from this? The Malaysian peninsula. A tropical paradise and one of the most influential gateways from East to West. Ever since Zheng He’s...
