Thanks to Nico Metten for kindly uploading my talk to the Libertarian Alliance (13/06/11): “Personalisation, Vouchers & the Political Economy of Welfare Reform – my experience of making Harrow Council one of Britain’s leading boroughs for extending choice and control over social care”. (Check out Nico’s blog.) Many thanks...

My talk this evening – “Personalisation, Vouchers & the Political Economy of Welfare Reform – my experience of making Harrow Council one of Britain’s leading boroughs for extending choice and control over social care” – was well received. I would like to thank David McDonagh for organising a great...

For wine drinkers, The Judgement of Paris – the blind taste-testing that took place 35 years ago today, 24th May 1976 – was a major turning-point in the development of new and better wines the world over. Organised by a British wine seller and expert, Steven Spurrier, The Judgement of Paris...