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Business School Leadership and Crisis Exit Planning: Global Deans’ Contributions on the Occasion of the 50th Anniversary of the EFMD, edited by Eric Cornuel, Cambridge University Press The effects of the Covid-19 pandemic hit Jean-François Manzoni hard. IMD, the Swiss business school he leads, is particularly dependent on fees from executive education — short, non-degree

She is surely the greatest exponent of the cliffhanger: Scheherazade, the heroine of the One Thousand and One Nights, the collection of Middle Eastern folk tales. Night after night, her seductive storytelling persuades the tyrannous King Shahryār — who has embarked on a grisly plan of punishing his wife’s infidelity by marrying then murdering a

The writer is a former head of responsible investment at HSBC Asset Management and previous editor of Lex “We need to start worrying about what kind of world we are going to leave behind for Keith Richards” is the funniest line I’ve ever heard on global warming. And no doubt the indestructible Rolling Stones axeman

In between us and our architecture exists a landscape of public objects which, though solid, familiar and seemingly ever-present, remains strangely invisible. Who really notices the shape of a street light, the clusters of communications boxes, the text cast into manhole covers or the way people use a bench? The erosion and privatisation of public

Kanye West, the controversial rapper who has lost big business deals over anti-Semitic comments, is no longer going to buy Parler, the “free speech” social media platform. Parler said its parent company Parlement Technologies had “mutually agreed” with West, who goes by Ye, to “terminate the intent of sale” for the platform. “This decision was

Foresight, the niche UK alternative asset manager focused on solar and wind power, requires investor prescience. Its shares have been mostly ignored by the market even as its profits grow. Renewable energy investments are gaining pace, spurred by the crisis-level price of natural gas. Yet the past twelve months have been bruising. Witness the performance

Good afternoon. A critical moment is approaching to try to draw a line under the seemingly never-ending row between London and Brussels over the implementation of the Northern Ireland protocol. This newsletter returns often to this subject because it holds the key to normalising many other aspects of the post-Brexit relationship which have been placed

On Net-a-Porter, a cashmere “Achillea” turtleneck sweater from Loro Piana knit in a graphic jacquard pattern will set you back £3,440. At Uniqlo, a “3D Knit” crewneck jumper, available in 15 hues ranging from a soft ivory to candy-corn orange, is priced at £110. Both are billed as 100 per cent cashmere. What makes the

The US Treasury has made Donald Trump’s tax returns available to a congressional committee, handing a victory to the Democratic-led panel after a long-running legal battle over the documents. The move followed a decision by the Supreme Court last week that cleared the way for the House Ways and Means Committee to access six years

The UK and Japan have wound up their first military exercise in three years as commanders warn of “sharp destabilisation” in the security environment caused by Russia’s invasion of Ukraine and an increasingly assertive China. The nine-day training operation to strengthen island defence, dubbed “Vigilant Isles 22”, is the latest sign of deepening defence ties

Martin Wolf (“The UK government should stop doing stupid stuff”, Opinion, November 28) makes some valid criticisms of the UK government. As a Leaver myself, it makes no sense to simply review or revoke up to 4,000 pieces of EU-derived law — some of these laws are based on global rules that, in or out

China’s health authorities on Tuesday blamed local governments for their handling of coronavirus outbreaks as Beijing distanced itself from the crisis after unprecedented protests against president Xi Jinping and his zero-Covid policy. The National Health Commission reaffirmed Beijing’s commitment to the zero-Covid measures and pledged to boost vaccination rates among the elderly, a day after

“A slender portion of common sense . . . authorises me to affirm that a stream which receives daily the evacuations of a million human beings . . . cannot require to be analysed except by a lunatic to determine whether it ought to be pumped up as a beverage for the inhabitants.” Surfers Against Sewage (SAS) in 2022? No, this statement was

Greetings from New York, where I (and many others) are recovering from the joys of endless feasting over Thanksgiving. This is traditionally a festival that sparks retrospection about the past year, and this seems timely for the environment, social and governance agenda, given that it is currently grappling with two competing — contradictory — trends.

Bank of England officials do not usually pore over the details of NHS waiting lists. But, in recent months, the health of the UK workforce has become an urgent question for monetary policymakers. Britain avoided big job losses at the height of the pandemic but, since Covid-19 lockdowns lifted, it has seen an exodus of

When World Cup games kick off in Qatar, the best players on the planet are passing, heading and shooting with the new “Al Rihla” football, whose glossy design offers state of the art speed and accuracy, according to its maker Adidas. Millions of the Al Rihla balls — the name means “the journey” in Arabic

Investors are at that point in their long, messy break-up with bonds where they’re tottering on a bar stool, tucking in to their third martini of the evening and asking their dearest friend whether it would be crazy to give the relationship another try? It has certainly not been a happy marriage this year. After

Atom Bank is planning a final private capital raise of at least £50mn next year after being forced to delay its stock exchange debut. The digital bank, which launched in 2016, is seeking to raise money from new investors and is currently in discussions with a number of interested companies, including private equity firms, according

In a new painting by the Brazilian artist Lucia Laguna, the bright object suspended in lush foliage is not a parrot but a pair of discarded trainers, dangling from electricity wires. These overhead cables, together with a hurricane lamp and a deconstructed bicycle, frame a collage of shacks on a sugar-loaf hill. Even before pandemic

A typical clan gathering with the Boxers is a beautifully rambunctious scene: events are typically held either in West Sussex or in the sumptuous private dining room of the Grade II-listed Georgian Brunswick House where Jackson Boxer opened his restaurant 12 years ago. “It’s a wonderful, anarchic kind of shed full of chandeliers,” says the chef-patron.