My computer’s just told me that I averaged 5 hours 18 mins of screen time last week. I, of course,...
working from home
“The commuter is an English archetype – but for how much longer?”
My daughter went back to college on Monday. She catches a train to Oxford which goes on to...
‘Whose wealth depends on the commuter-driven status quo?’
Whenever softy liberals preach that we should stop selling arms to dictators who may use them to...
“Coronavirus: Schroders tells staff they can work from home for ever”
Here, for a change, is an example of long-term thinking, from aforementioned fund management...
“Flexible working will be norm after lockdown, say Barclays and WPP bosses”
I was chatting to the wife of a City big-shot (‘He’s in M&A”) who was telling me how difficult...
“Coronavirus compels companies to embrace remote working”
A wise industry guru told an audience of financial advisers some 10 years ago that we’d need to...
“The Coronavirus Crisis and Western Cultural Arrogance”
I went into a very small local bakery and coffee shop this morning. It was rammed, all tables,...
The winter of 1963 – the coldest for more than 200 years
We were talking over dinner about the shutdown of everything and self-isolation that’s more than...
“Keep calm and work from home during coronavirus, European banks tell workers”
Pop philosopher Alain de Botton says that working in offices is not good for us. However...