Cambridge historian Brendan Simms wrote my favourite book on European history I’ve ever read — Europe: The Struggle for Supremacy, 1453 to the Present. …

#DataBlog 2022 saw a drastic positive change in user sentiment towards our product with the largest subscriber base, as a team made up of engineers, BAs, product managers and customer success specialists combined forces to address the product’s number one challenge at the start of the year; report load times. The…

It’s fair to say that people don’t like being told what to do. In fact, a weird psychological trait we human’s have developed means that if someone tells you what to do you end up wanting to do the opposite. If someone says “don’t push that button”, you sort of…

This is not the time to falter. …

I don’t want to be alarmist — I like to think I’m a pretty pragmatic person — but this feels worth writing about. And I know it’s easy being the doomsday prophet that can preach bad news every day until it eventually happens, then all they’ll be saying is “I…

The first plane was an accident. The second was an attack. The third was a declaration of war. President George W. Bush on the 9/11 attacks SARASOTA, FLORIDA. Tuesday 11th September 2001. President George Bush received his daily intelligence briefing from the CIA early that morning. There was nothing in…

There is no doubt that we can draw strength from our past. But even the most glorious history is not enough to ensure us a better life. Today’s generations of Russians must reinforce this grandeur through their own acts . Only then will our descendents be able to feel pride…

I’m writing this as Russia’s war with Ukraine enters its 100th day — a bleak milestone in the conflict that brought 75 years of peace on the European Continent to an end. The war continues to dominate headlines and news feeds throughout the world, and so it should, but this…

If you’re an investor, it’s been a wild ride the last couple of years. Back at the beginning of 2020, Covid came out of nowhere sending the world into lockdown. Factories closed their doors, planes were grounded and people stopped leaving their homes. Share prices tumbled in response, and on…