Mary Robinson: A Lifetime Dedicated to Human Rights
Lawyer, legislator, social reformer, politician, and UN High Commissioner, Mary Robinson has been a powerful force for change in her native Ireland and across...
Madonna: Don’t Preach to the Material Girl
Over her career, the Queen of Pop Music racked up a staggering 300 million record sales. She may claim the title of all-time best-selling...
Steven Spielberg: Storyteller Extraordinaire
It takes a remarkable man to change the course of a whole industry with one mechanical shark. Steven Spielberg did just that with his...
High hopes for Coca-Cola ‘recovery drink’ with CBD cannabis extract
COCA-COLA is considering putting a drug-related substance into one of its beverages – and not for the first time.
Coke became one of the world’s...
Ray Tomlinson – the alpha email
WHEN Ray Tomlinson inadvertently invented the email, he had no idea his coding and revolutionary use of the ‘@’ sign would change the world...
Disruption: Its Use and Abuse
Well into the 1990s, the mediascape of The Netherlands had but a single player of note – daily newspaper De Telegraaf ruled and did...
‘Commission-free’ investment platform expected in Q3 2021
FINTECH start-up Lightyear is offering Europe’s first commission-free investment platform.
Set to start rolling out in Q3 2021, Lightyear marries multi-currency accounts with unlimited access...
Converting page visitors into paying customers
By GRANT FARHALL
ON AVERAGE, people spend 53 seconds on a product page — and Britain’s SMEs are grasping for ways to hold their attention.
Research...
Three takeaways from the 2017 Business and Climate Summit
The latest Business and Climate Summit in New Delhi was historic in several ways.
From 31 August to 1 September, the third annual Business and...
Book Review – Private Island: Why Britain Now Belongs to Someone...
It remains somewhat of a mystery how Chancellor of the Exchequer George Osborne manages the UK government’s financial affairs. Presiding over a buoyant economy,...
