A Michelin-starred chef will join a celebration of Italy’s Veneto region as part of Scotland’s contribution to the World Week of Italian Cuisine. Leandro Luppi will take time off from the Vecchia Malcesine restaurant on the banks of Lake Garda to take part in this fourth annual initiative started by the Italian government to promote […]
Labour’s BT plan sounds alarm bells of past failures
As I See It: Terry Murden Labour may be lagging in the opinion polls, but it is not for the want of bold ideas and an appeal to the British sense of fair play. Its latest plan to re-nationalise part of BT, providing free broadband for all, will be the limit of its public ownership […]
Leonard homes in on ending the housing crisis
As I See It: Terry Murden There was a campaign a few years ago with the ambition to Make Poverty History. A dinner was held at the Glasgow Hilton where some of Scotland’s well-heeled entrepreneurs bid against each other for baubles they didn’t need to raise money for a project with good intentions. One self-made […]
Lies, damned lies and a flawed voting system that deceives us all
As I See It: Terry Murden Truth, they say, is the first casualty of war and it continues to be stretchered out of the political battlefield. Boris Johnson is slated as parliament’s principal fibber. He “can’t be trusted” declares Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn and the SNP’s warrior-in-chief Ian Blackford whose legal eagle colleague Joanna Cherry […]
Counting on a crypto future that’s getting a bit closer
Interview: Ed Ludbrook, financial entrepreneur It had been a disappointing week for New Zealander Ed Ludbrook, seeing England knock the All Blacks out of the Rugby World Cup tournament that they had been expected to win. Ludbrook is a big chap who wouldn’t look out of place in his national team’s line-up, though he has […]