Tag Archives: Lear

“Poor Tom’s a cold” – Stuart Kirk -still crying in the storm.

Posted on August 5, 2023 by henry tapper

Uncertainty has always been the mortal enemy of investing. And few ideas are more inconsistent, and thus uncertain, than ESG — no matter how you brand it. – Stuart Kirk (FT) Though most of us want certainty, “achievement” comes from being “in … Continue reading →

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Undermining confidence in USS; to no good purpose.

Posted on September 5, 2017 by henry tapper

  I read John Ralfe’s comments in this report in Times Higher Education and thought of Sir Toby Belch’s comment to Malvolio. Dost thou think, because thou art virtuous, there shall be no more cakes and ale? Sir Toby Belch … Continue reading →

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Lear- third age monarch- fourth age fool?

Posted on November 22, 2011 by henry tapper

That Debora Price talk really got to me. Gone my cosy vision of a comfy third age, supplanted by nightmare dotage and dementia. The last time I really confronted the issue of growing really old was when I was involved in … Continue reading →

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