Things which are ...
Things which are deadPunk. Jazz. Scots Gaelic. Variety. The Independent.More to come, as various attacks of spleen affect me through the day.Update: Not really related to the theme, but a commercial idea that struck me over the weekend - would anyone (poss. David Bowie? He seems to have time on his hands) be interested in a project to re-record the entire works of Neil Young with a less whiny and irritating singing voice? Then we could move on to Billy Bragg (poss. Hugh Cornwall?)

A few facts which...
A few facts which might be of interest to Craig Murray and to Clarke Willmott LLPRegular readers might note that I have taken down a couple of posts recently which contained material that might be thought relevant to this affair. Rest assured, they have only been temporarily hidden; they, and the automatic timestamps which blogger.com puts on them, remain in my drafts folder. For the time being, though, I think the public domain can get along with the following factual information.1. I am a financial professional and blogger, who has occasionally in the past taken an in

On Meausrement, M...
On Meausrement, Management etcPhillip Hallam Baker, from CT comments on an article on academic job application processes:The point I am making here is that the academic selection process does not get you the best candidates. In fact the best candidates will have nothing to do with the process because they have other career options that do not require them to crawl over broken glass to get there – besides paying considerably better.

Accountancy newsH...
Accountancy newsHenry Jackson Society and Policy Exchange both made their respective filings with plenty of time to spare, well done to both organisations (particularly H'S'JS which continues to report a surplus on doubled turnover). The Quilliam Foundation remains overdue on its 2007/8 accounts, which were due on 20 Sept. The civil penalty has now gone up from £150 to £375. The directors are also, in principle, criminally liable. Filing accounts on time is an important duty, and it is not a particularly onerous requirement for a minimally competent organisation; this is particularly important as the Quilliam Foundation has never filed a set of accounts (it w

Being Freakonomic...
Being Freakonomical With The TruthIt's a real curse being better at coming up with titles than posts, I tell you.