In the ancient funeral rites of England, three bells are sounded. First, the Passing Bell,  when age or sickness force the conclusion...

This article was written by Martin Hayes. All views and opinions expressed are strictly his own. Discussion papers have become the norm...

This article was written by Anthony Lipmann. All views and opinions expressed are strictly his own. Anthony was Chairman of the MMTA...

As a Christmas present, somebody gave me a book called “Flash Crash”, by Liam Vaughan. It’s the story of Navinder Singh Sarao, the man...

This article was written by Trevor Tarring. All views and opinions expressed are strictly his own. There is no doubt we have been passing...

There is no certain consensus among ecclesiasticals and biblical historians as to the identity of John of Patmos; some suggest John the...

How did we get here? A year ago, it all looked so rosy in the garden. The threat of the intellectually limited old marxist and his...

This article was written by Steven Spencer. All views and opinions expressed are strictly his own. As the debate over whether or not we...

This article was written by Richard Horswill. All views and opinions expressed are strictly his own. The term Minsky Moment is named...

Browsing through my bookshelves last week, I came across something I hadn’t read for about thirty-five years. “Metal Men”, by A. Craig...

The metal industries in Russia under the soviets were heavily geared towards serving the military needs of a heavily militarised nation....

This article was written by Anthony Lipmann. All views and opinions expressed are strictly his own. If at some time in future if it is...

I’ve just finished reading an interesting book, ‘Kleptopia’ by Tom Burgis, that presents the idea that we are living in a world where...

This article was written by David Gaddes. All views and opinions expressed are strictly his own. It’s Sunday evening on the 18th of...

This article was written by Martin Hayes. All views and opinions expressed are strictly his own. Every year it is an autumn ritual as the...

This article was written by Anthony Lipmann. All views and opinions are strictly his own. If there is one thing I learnt after 41 years...

On the tombstone of a disturbing number of previously successful careers could be inscribed the epitaph “Why did you want to sell...

This article was written by David Gaddes. All views and opinions expressed are strictly his own. Most of us who have worked in the metals...

Martin Hayes and I have both written on here before about the likelihood (or not) of the LME Ring ever returning to our lives. It’s now...

In PG Wodehouse’s ‘Stiff Upper Lip, Jeeves’, Bertie Wooster is once again compelled (for reasons far too convoluted to go into here) to...