Swede Electric Dreams
Is Volvo’s bid to become all-electric the shrewdest business move of the year, or a cynical ploy to capitalise on the world’s mounting affection...
Scott Eckert: Robots to the Rescue
Daniel H Wilson, the writer of humorous fiction like How to Survive a Robot Uprising and Robopocalypse says, tongue-in-cheek: “Someday mankind must face and...
Hail to the Maintainers
About ten years ago, leftist firebrand satirist Freek de Jonge, the grand old man of Dutch stand-up comedy, turned to conservative newspaper De Telegraaf...
ZICA ASSIS (Founder, Beliza Natural): A real rags to riches tale
AS a child in the seventies, Zica Assis and her family had nothing. They lived, like thousands of others in the run-down favelas of...
Fairy tale cruises have all the angles covered
Disney ships offer eco-friendly initiatives as well as traditional magic
OK, SO you’ve seen Pirates of the Caribbean 1, 2, 3 and 4. You’ve set...
Guess who’s coming to dinner…?
By HAL WILLIAMS
FIRST ChatGPT came for your literature, now AI’s coming to dinner — but it promises to behave itself.
Bear Robotics is launching Servi,...
EV News Round-up Summer 2021
By RICHARD THOMAS
EV SALES in the US grew by 95 percent between January and April, compared with a 36 percent increase in the overall...
Ian Anderson: Living in the Present
When Ian Anderson, the lead singer of the celebrated band Jethro Tull bought a 15,000-acre estate on the Isle of Skye, the locals were...
Mohamed A El-Erian: The Great Policy Divergence
Over the next few weeks, the US Federal Reserve and the European Central Bank are likely to put in place notably different policies. The...
The Soft Power of Art: Eiman Elgibreen
A dynamic contemporary art movement is emerging in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, the traditional heart of Islam. The art scene is one where...





































