How Instagram and other social media sites are writing a new chapter in the history of street photography September 7, 2016 "Look: phone, phone, phone – they’re all just looking at their phones.” For a roving street photographer like Ronya Galka, capturing Londoners’ candid moments has got a lot harder since our social lives moved online. And that’s just the tip of the iceberg; like the publishing and music industries, photography has been put through a [...]
An eye for an eye, a hack for a hack: The global cyber arms race is heating up August 30, 2016 Many will be familiar with the biblical adage “an eye for an eye, a tooth for a tooth”. Underpinning the Book of Exodus, this principle of even-handed justice formed the kernel of Old Testament law. Yet contemporary followers of the book allowed it to transmute into a justification for personal vengeance. It wasn’t until Jesus [...]
Pete’s Dragon film review: a sweet-hearted Disney film that trades on nostalgia for the films of your childhood August 11, 2016 After the wildly successful Jungle Book remake comes Pete’s Dragon, itself a reboot of a little known Disney film from 1977, a strange, dated musical featuring a dragon who was half live-action and half animation, but mostly invisible. It wasn’t well reviewed, but a reheated Turkey is often easier to stomach than a remade classic. [...]
End the stadium standing ban: It’s an open goal for football fans and clubs August 11, 2016 Twenty eight people died at the 30 June Stadium in Cairo last year, suffocating in a crush that began when police fired tear gas at away fans entering without tickets. It was another in a long line of stadium tragedies. But like the 2006 PhilSports Arena disaster in the Philippines, and the disasters in Johannesburg [...]
It’ll be Clinton who destroys the transatlantic alliance – not Trump August 1, 2016 I will never vote for Donald Trump. In line with the classic modern American demagogic tradition – from Huey Long to George Wallace – the present Republican nominee often plays fast and loose with the truth. He either outright lies, as when he said large crowds of Muslims were cheering in New Jersey when 9/11 [...]
This is what should happen to data protection rules in a post-Brexit world July 15, 2016 The decision of UK voters to leave the EU has thrown up numerous questions for companies around compliance with EU regulation. Data protection is no exception. Put simply, Brexit complicates the compliance duties of companies that deal with UK/EU data, whether customer, consumer, marketing, sales, employee, business partner or otherwise. There may also be a [...]
Eleven reasons voters will opt for the positive choice of Brexit June 22, 2016 As the markets try to second-guess the outcome of the EU referendum tomorrow, swinging one way and then the other, what is plain is that it is so tight that no-one really knows who will win. But I continue to be confident the British people will vote to leave the EU. So to all you [...]
What will happen to UK equities if we leave the European Union? June 21, 2016 The pound and the FTSE soared yesterday, as the Remain camp wrestled back its lead in the polls. But the outcome of Thursday’s EU referendum is far from clear, with pundits saying that voter turnout will be pivotal in determining whether the UK stays or leaves. If Article 50 is triggered and sterling dives, what should [...]
The City’s secret Brexiteers are more numerous than you think June 17, 2016 Being a City Brexiteer might be assumed to be a lonely life. After all, aren’t we told repeatedly that “the City backs Remain” as though this were, like Newton’s laws, an immutable fact of physics? In fact, life isn’t lonely. Daily, people from the City sidle up to me much like Cold War dissidents. Carefully [...]
Degrees still preferred over apprenticeships in London, while latter suffers from an image problem in the eyes of young people, parents and employers June 13, 2016 Apprenticeships are struggling to compete with university qualifications in London, according to research released today by the business support organisation Interserve. Work-based learning programmes, including apprenticeships, are suffering from an image problem in the eyes of young people, parents and employers, and still lag behind academic degrees that are viewed to be more prestigious, Interserve's study [...]