August 2022
The great English breakfast is almost a luxury these days
Bloomberg’s monthly Breakfast Index shows the average price of a traditional full-English has jumped nearly 17 per cent from a year ago.
January 2022
If crypto disappeared would anybody actually notice?
The idea that a whole new crypto-based version of the World Wide Web is coming down the track does not hold up in the numbers.
November 2021
Putin’s priority is selling gas, not waging war
Despite piling the pressure on to Ukraine, it is really the Russian leader who is being kept in suspense on the fate of the Nord Stream 2 pipeline
October 2021
The Pandora revelations about Putin’s money are slim pickings
Blocked by post-Ukraine sanctions from storing their loot in the West, the Russian kleptocracy has turned its attention to coup-proofing the regime.