Number of words: 215 Here is an interesting historical fact. Just have a look at the calendar for the month of September 1752. Go to Google type “September 1752 calendar” & see for yourself. You will notice, 11 days are simply missing from the month. Here’s the explanation: This was the month during which England … Read more

Number of words: 3,455 In 2017, Scott Galloway anticipated Amazon’s $13.7 billion purchase of Whole Foods a month before it was announced. Last year, he called WeWork on its “seriously loco” $47 billion valuation a month before the company’s IPO imploded. Now, Galloway, a Silicon Valley runaway who teaches marketing at NYU Stern School of … Read more

Number of words: 170 Rolls Royce built a gun specifically to launch dead chickens at the windshields of cars, airliners and military jets all traveling at maximum velocity. The idea was to simulate the frequent incidents of collisions with airborne fowl to test the strength of the windshields. American engineers heard about the gun and … Read more

Number of words: 978 The introduction to Bella Bathurst’s book is very clear on what it is not: it’s not going to “tell the reader how to differentiate between brands of derailleur or explain why riding a bicycle is good for your heart”. It will explain neither the technicalities of zero emissions nor the finer … Read more

Number of words: 5,032 As some of you know I’ve just spent the past eight months as a model public servant on my very best behaviour: biding time, concealing opinions and strictly respecting the bureaucratic order. Now I get to go unplugged. Before doing so however I want to thank you very much for coming … Read more

Number of words: 481 In 2018, Forbes listed Kylie Jenner, of Kylie cosmetics and reality TV fame, as one of the richest ‘self-made’ people in America. However, the (then) 21-year-old’s nomination stirred up a controversy about what the tag ‘self-made’ really meant. Many felt that considering she is part of the Kardashian clan and has … Read more

Number of words: 1,027 Lithium-ion batteries play a central role in the world of technology, powering everything from smartphones to smart cars, and one of the people who helped commercialize them says he has a way to cut mass production costs by 90% and significantly improve their safety. Hideaki Horie, formerly of Nissan Motor Co., … Read more

Number of words: 859 Shortly after George Floyd’s death, one of my friends texted me that Floyd wasn’t necessarily a bad person, but, pointing to his prior stints in prison, added that “he wasn’t lily-white either.” Soon thereafter, I read an article in The New York Times written by Chad Sanders in which he noted … Read more

Number of words: 2,087 China’s President was almost unknown to the world just over a decade ago — even his folk singer wife, Peng Liyuan, was far more renowned than the trailblazing political statesman. But over the last 50 years Mr Xi — the son of a powerful communist revolutionary — strategically used his personal … Read more