Who would have thought that Danny Boyle of Trainspotting and Slumdog Millionaire would have landed the launching spectacular of the London Olympics? But there again, if he can make blockbuster films out of heroin abuse and extreme poverty, maybe he's the man to...

Not a translation job. I'm going on my hols in Pembrokeshire next week, and I'll see if the muse visits me there. I have a breakthrough insight into the structure of Trainspotting, so I am aiming to be creative, constructive, and crashed out all in one week! Back on...

Two different German university groups have done the tour in the last couple of weeks. They have been before, and their excellent level of knowledge and understanding never ceases to amaze me. If their counterparts in the economics departments can match them, we can...