Niccolo Machiavelli (1469-1527) was a statesman of Florence who advocated a strong central government and was generally considered to be one of the first, great political philosophers of the Renaissance period. He famously wrote The Prince, in which he focuses on the practical problems a politician faces whilst in power. In Michael Sheas Influence, How […]

The monologue at the start of the A-Team went like this: “In 1972, a crack commando unit was sent to prison by a military court for a crime they didn’t commit. These men promptly escaped from a maximum security stockade to the Los Angeles underground. Today, still wanted by the government, they survive as soldiers […]

This multi-layered question has plauged me and my friends for years. Why do all the pretty girls smoke? For example, you have Liz Hurley, Nicole Kidman – all beautiful ladies, yet they all smoke. And it’s not just restricted to the celebrity class. We spent ages around the pub table trying to work out why […]

We was watching TV the other day and I saw an advert for Car Insurance. My friends joked away at the lame actor selling the insurance, whereas I interrupted with an even better observation: “What the hell has 5 time olympic gold medalist Sir Steve Redgrave gotta do with Car Insurance? I’ll tell ya shall […]

As soon as Saddam Hussein, former President of Iraq, stepped into the Iraqi court with his colbalt blue suit and died black hair nearly all of the 24-hour television news shows went ballistic trying to get a ‘piece’ of the action. I began thinking. What is this? The next reality TV show? The 24-hour news […]

“You’re fired”, the famous catchphrase of Donald Trump is coming to the BBC with Sir Alan Sugar in place of Mr Trump in a new show that will showcase Britain’s entrepreneurial spirit. With the prospect of earning a six-figure salary and working for Sir Sugar, the opportunity is certainly an exciting one. Although I personally […]

I found dithered.com’s Job Title Generator quite amusing. It allows you to generate your own e-job title. I always seem to end up being the Chief Architect of Scalable E-Business Deployment. Here’s another Job Title Generator, but focusing on the Web Economy.

“The Great chief in Washington sends word that he wishes to buy our land. How can you buy or sell the sky? The warmth of the land? The idea is strange to us. Yet we do not own the freshness of the air, or the sparkle of the water. How can you buy them from […]