Sunday, 21 June 2015

We see what is lit

13:10 Posted by The Thalesians (@thalesians) No comments
It is midsummer's day. I'll find myself in Copenhagen later today. The sun will set there later than it would have done in London. As the days become lighter, so does the mood, as summer approaches. From tomorrow, the days will begin to shorten, and so we begin that march back to winter. It is...

Sunday, 14 June 2015

The market loves to punish hubris

19:28 Posted by The Thalesians (@thalesians) No comments
History is one of those things which seems pervasive, an influence on the present and the future. Rather than being some sort of static list of events from the past, it is anything but static. History gets reinterpreted over time. Forgotten events become clearer in our collective memories as anniversaries...

Saturday, 6 June 2015

Growing cocoa in Frankfurt

18:43 Posted by The Thalesians (@thalesians) No comments
Frankfurt is perhaps best known for certain things, notably, being the home of a number of financial institutions, such as the ECB and the Bundesbank. It is also the home of the Frankfurter. However, in amongst the moneyed streets of this city, somewhat unexpectedly, lies the Palmengarten, one of...