Britain's great meritocracy gap – why businesses must widen their talent pool
Oct 20, 2016 12:24 pm UTC| Insights & Views Economy
Britains new prime minister has put meritocracy at the heart of her governments agenda. Its a noble goal. This idea of allowing those with the most talent to rise to the top of society and occupy the best jobs must surely...
Why sport is a spiritual experience – and failure can help
Oct 20, 2016 12:18 pm UTC| Insights & Views Sports
We all have heard it said that sport is like religion. The annual cycle of sporting events mimics the yearly sequence of rituals by which traditional religions transform profane time and space into sacred moments and...
Big Tobacco sees its future in cigarettes, not vaping
Oct 20, 2016 12:11 pm UTC| Insights & Views Business
In 2012, in the early days of the rise of e-cigarettes, Kingsley Wheaton, Director of Corporate and Regulatory Affairs at British American Tobacco, said Our core business is, and will remain in, tobacco. So have the...
Will oil-rich Kazakhstan ever embrace democracy?
Oct 20, 2016 12:01 pm UTC| Insights & Views Politics
This year, Kazakhstan celebrates the 25th anniversary of its independence from the USSR. Politicians have already started boasting about the countrys successful socioeconomic reforms and praising President Nursultan...
The next king and a new constitution: a dangerous combination for Thailand
Oct 20, 2016 11:51 am UTC| Insights & Views Politics
The next King of Thailand, Prince Maha Vajiralongkorn, has long been notorious for his unpredictability a reputation that appears deserved with his recent refusal to ascend the throne immediately after the death of his...
Why anarchy (on screen) is so fashionable right now
Oct 20, 2016 11:37 am UTC| Insights & Views Politics
The anarchist movement in both its past and contemporary incarnations is back to the cultural fore, and to such an extent that it echoes the surge in anarchist-themed entertainment before 1914. The BBC has just aired...
Moving toward computing at the speed of thought
Oct 20, 2016 11:31 am UTC| Insights & Views Technology
The first computers cost millions of dollars and were locked inside rooms equipped with special electrical circuits and air conditioning. The only people who could use them had been trained to write programs in that...
South Africa’s plan to move away from coal: 8 steps to make it succeed
Germany lowers voting age to 16 for the European elections
IceCube researchers detect a rare type of energetic neutrino sent from powerful astronomical objects