Total commitment was key to his success. Glaswegian actor Gerard Kelly put everything into what he did. He was versatile too, playing a great range of roles. Gone too soon. …
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What can we learn from Aung San Suu Kyi’s continuing appeal?
Aung San Suu Kyi’s continues to attract great affection, support and interest both within and beyond Burma. What The Economist (Nov 20th, 2010) describes “as the abiding affection and respect Miss …
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“Flexibility and weakness are completely different” – Aung San Suu Kyi
“A steel wire is strong because it is flexible; a glass rod is rigid but may shatter.” Aung San Suu Kyi has been criticised alternately for being too flexible and too rigid, but her continuing appeal …
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What is the source of Aung San Suu Kyi’s peaceful power?
How is it that the Burmese generals with access to so much military might fear Aung San Suu Kyi - a slight 65-year woman? OK, so their fear has diminished enough for her to be released, for the moment …
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There ain’t no magic bullets
Great discussion with the team from Unipart led by John Neill, Group Chief Executive of the Unipart Group of Companies at the Business in the Parliament conference in Edinburgh (12 November 2010). …
Looking for some guiding principles? Try Jimmy Reid’s – ‘Clyde-built’ to travel the world.
In the West of Scotland yesterday was celebrated a life well-lived and an example to us all – Jimmy Reid (1932 – 2010). To think of the former Clyde shipbuilder as speaking only to a left-wing …