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With a follow-up in the works, I note that upon seeing the results of actor Gary Oldman play his spy character George Smiley in the 2011 movie version of Tinker Tailor..., author John Le Carré was fulsome in his praise. Worried prior to some degree apparently that it was an

Taking Sales pitch tips from electioneering feels fraught with hazards. Take the Democrat Party candidate in the 2016 US presidential campaign. Hillary Clinton and her minders thought they'd gain from labelling their opponent's supporters 'deplorables'. See how that turned out. The same party eight years on, mid-way through 2024 suddenly

Well. The conspiracists are having a field day. At the expense of family tragedies. Yet the coincidences are hard to ignore. Connected fatalities within the space of a shocking few hours. A jogger killed by a hit and run in Cambridgeshire. A luxury yacht sunk by freak 5am tornado-cum-water-spout or

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It looks like the @UofGMaths_Stats building got a little carried away with all its equations! ✍️ Graphics have been added to the building, which were generated by members of staff in the School of Mathematics & Statistics. They were asked to submit handwritten diagrams and… pic.twitter.com/cCd9ysdiL0 — University of

I came across LA-based How to Get Rich podcaster (I know, bear with me here) through removing self-imposed constraints that prevent someone from accumulating more (any) wealth. Whilst I'm not one to dwell on these kinds of internet marketing themes, and certainly don't endorse this particular self-styled guru, I think

It's long been commonplace when looking for a way to slice something that masquerades as or even may actually be data to use Pareto. The famed 80/20 rule. Sometimes cited using either side's ratio of 4 in 5 or 1:5. Yet different slices are available. Reminders of the

Covertly yet candidly, crazily yet cleverly, an American Presidential debate just took place. At the unseemly juncture of over four months before the vote. Earlier than any had ever been televised before. In the light of all this, it was easy to let slip by one key Sales conundrum. One

In British culture, this is a loaded phrase. From a classic, wildly popular sitcom. "This time next year, we'll be millionaires!". It captures the essence of perpetual optimism to always keeping going and striving, no matter the knocks, setbacks and hurdles you encounter and without regard to the lowly place