Tag Archives: John Keats
Is it worth having an intellectual education- or is work the best university
I spent a good part of a morning last week in the FT, talking with journalists about pensions but also about the predicament the children of parents have, once they’ve graduated. It doesn’t surprise me that the paper bemoans the … Continue reading
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Tagged Arts, Cambridge, Glastonbury, Graduates, John Keats, Keats, Oxford, Science, Shakespeare
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The Mansion House reforms are the right things to do.
A pensions expert queries why there are no letters in the Financial Times supporting Jeremy Hunt’s Mansion House Reforms. One answer is that the Chancellor of the Exchequer has a mandate given him by the Prime Minister, by … Continue reading
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Tagged Christopher Clumbus, Jeremy Hunt, John Keats, Nicholas Lyons, Pensions
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“Purity” in passive investment management
Investing is hard. There are no shortcuts. Markets are generally efficient and when they aren’t there are plenty of people digging up the value ahead of you. My anti – view is that “winning” investment strategies have negative capability. Negative capability is … Continue reading
We console ourselves when we grieve for Fabrice
The two questions Fabrice Muamba is reported to have asked as he came out of his coma were “did we lose?” and “why did they stop the match?”. For someone who has been through as much as Muamba did in his childhood, … Continue reading
Posted in Church of England, Consolation, poetry
Tagged Bolton, Death, Fabrice Muamba, John Keats, Kidlington, Midsomer Murders, Muamba, Near-death experience
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