How do you like your politicians? Do you prefer them to treat you as an intelligent adult and put together a rational case for their...

Where did it all start? Where does it all end? As the European economies flag, with southern Europe drowning in debt and threatening the...

In these fevered brexit days, the subject of trade is never far from the politicians’ and commentators’ lips. Will there be a deal? Won’t...

“What if…” That little phrase opens a window on an almost limitless vista of alternative universes. We can model in seconds the effects...

This article was written by Fred Piechoczek. History and economics are not sciences, working as both disciplines do from social and...

The volume figures just released by the LME make pretty grim reading, if you’re looking for market growth. The tally overall showed a...

A couple of weeks ago I came across the following imagined conversation on Twitter, which really made me smile: “Dickens: It was the best...

This article was written by Anthony Lipmann. All views and opinions are strictly his own. Have we become so far removed from mining that...

This week began with the 22nd August; it may not be widely recognised, but it’s actually a fairly significant date in British – or...

A couple of months ago, I bought a new car. Heeding the current environmental thinking, I decided that it was time to call a halt to the...

I’ve spent the last week or so sailing, with limited access to emails and the internet, so I haven’t really been in close touch with what...

A long time ago, back at the beginning of this century, there was a business called Emetra, which aimed to be a kind of one stop...

This article was written by Fred Piechoczek. All views and opinions expressed are strictly his own. Enter the Dark Net, the world of...

I’ve got friends who love to talk about the expectation of black swan events. They like to believe they are telling us something we need...

This article was written by Fred Piechoczek. All views and opinions are strictly his own. The Evolution of the Modern World This personal...

Sub title Alice shook her head as she woke up. She glanced towards the window, then at the clock on her bedside table. Then she looked...

The global economy looks a bit flaky this morning and the UK political scene looks a complete mess. Why? Because the UK has just voted in...

This article was written by Anthony Lipmann. All views and opinions expressed are strictly his own. If ever there was an analogy for the...

With the UK’s EU referendum now upon us, I had toyed with the idea of addressing the issue in this column, and indeed I had discussed...

Last week, I wrote about the possibility that an alternative to the LME, while by no means any kind of certainty, was perhaps a little...