I woke up in hospital, on a Monday afternoon, and behold! – a catheter was protruding from my nether regions.   Steve Latham   I’d gone in for an investigation, to see whether I had bladder cancer; the result was gratifyingly negative. But I had not expected to leave with […]

Russian responses to the West have typically fallen into two camps, and we see this playing out again today.   Steve Latham   On the one hand, were those who may be called “modernisers”, or “westernisers”; because they saw the model for future development in modernisation in copying the western […]

The British Conservative government has uneasily escaped from a scandal concerning the extra-marital affair of the Health Minister, Matt Hancock.   Steve Latham   The tabloid press had caught him on camera, embracing his assistant, Gina Colangelo. Initially, he and the Prime Minister, had attempted to brazen it out. Eventually, […]

My daughter has been working from home throughout the pandemic. While this has not adversely affected her productivity, she has noticed the slippage in work-life balance.   Steve Latham   There is now no distinction between work-space and overall life. While still doing a good job, she has therefore developed […]