Politicians try to endear themselves to the electorate, in a democracy, by promising to crack-down on something that they think will please voters. Theresa May is no exception. She opened the batting with a call for workers to be represented in the boardroom and for curbs on directors’ pay. Admirable sentiments that remind me of… Continue reading Unpaid Workers
Tommy Jameson
In a recent post, On Appro, I referred to my grandmother’s brother, Tommy Jameson. My Bellew grandfather was listed in The Field magazine among the best 150 shots in an article celebrating 150 years of that magazine’s publication. He represented both England and Ireland shooting clay pigeons and was a fine sporting shot. However, his… Continue reading Tommy Jameson
ARM Wrestling
ARM Holdings is a UK high-tech company founded in Cambridge about twenty-five years ago. They design widgets, tiny widgets, called microchips, even smaller than the ones we eat when dieting. Some readers have been shareholders, not me. I couldn’t because it broke two of my investment rules: I didn’t understand their business model and the… Continue reading ARM Wrestling
Lunchtime Prom
First Slice Your Cookbook
The Earldom of Moray, pronounced “Murray” like the tennis player, is an ancient Scottish title going back to the 14th century. We need not concern ourselves with those early holders of the title. The 18th Earl, born in 1894, married a Barbara Murray from Fifth Avenue, New York, in 1922. I wonder if they were… Continue reading First Slice Your Cookbook