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I’m late to the party. I didn’t succumb when Bitcoin was advertised on the Tube or when footballers paraded Instagram with t-shirts promoting fan tokens buyable with a click on a wave of new trading apps. But over Christmas curiosity got the better of me. I want to know what… Read more
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I remember the first time I thought about logos as a thing. In the opening section of Sapiens, Harari describes the legend of Peugeot. He describes how the Stadel lion-man, from the Stadel caves a few hundred miles away from where Peugeot started, became the logo for the car manufacturer… Read more
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I was invited to LSE last week to talk to some law students about alternative career paths. Visiting again had its nostalgia. There are a few new buildings, including a new law common room, but the whole smell and feel took me right back to when I studied there over… Read more
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“Life is about rhythm. We vibrate, our hearts are pumping blood. We are rhythm machine, that’s what we are” Mickey Heart “I knew the shot was in as soon as I hit it”. This is what Harry Kane, Tottenham striker and England captain, said after he scored his 350th career… Read more
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The world’s greatest bike race, the Tour de France, is just days away. 176 of the world’s best cyclists will set out from Bilbao, Spain. These athletes will cycle over 3,404 km gaining over 55,000 meters in elevation, their hearts pounding as they pull themselves up and over one hill… Read more
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I hear all the time about the positive link between exercise and health: how exercise reduces cardiovascular disease and increases our chance of living longer. But it also seems so obvious, so intuitive, to me and everyone I speak to that there is more going on than this. But what… Read more
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