2011 April
Asia House
The exception is the organisation that formed the blueprint for Asia House’s philosophy, the Asia Society, founded in New York in 1956 thanks ...
Diplomatic Fortune Telling
The Foreign Minister frowns at the headlines in her morning newspaper: North Africa and Middle East in turmoil: Mubarak falls, Côte d’Ivoire...
Sustainability: Our best defence?
‘Colonel Gaddafi may end up doing more for the planet than many a hardened climate activist.’ As revolutionary unrest continues to sweep across ...
Eastern Promise
Islamic Banking
From its humble beginnings five decades ago as a micro-lending institution in rural Egypt, Islamic banking has grown into a global industry, ...
Great China Opportunity
Westminster Reflections
I have fielded so many questions on the subject over the past few weeks that I thought I would begin by reflecting on some of the differences between ...
Women as Agents of Change
Mount Somerset Hotel
With the winter months slowly brightening and hinting at the coming spring, I was looking forward to getting out of town in search of a little rest ...
Body Doctor
I’ve never found it easy to exercise – but I need to, so I do. It makes me feel healthier and generally much chirpier about life. Still, it’s a ...
UK-US Bonds
Venetia van Kuffeler reports on the launch of the John Adams Society, named after former US President and the first American Ambassador to the UK....
Family of Nations
Commonwealth Day was celebrated in March, as it is every year, but what exactly is a commonwealth and where does the term come from? The word itself ...
Dinner by Heston Blumenthal
Despite two high profile hotel refurbishments and re-openings – The Savoy and The Four Seasons –the most talked about of all is the Mandarin ...
The Savoy
When it first opened, back in 1889, The Savoy caused a sensation. It was Britain’s first luxury hotel and the first to have ‘ascending rooms’ ...
