What does hope for the future really mean?
Four hours in the heat of Pompeii, and two energy reports that seem to contradict each other — a reflection on what credible hope actually rests on, and one very practical place to start.
The Art of Retiring Well
The hardest part of retirement isn't the size of your pension — it's the shape of your life. A reflection on the maths and psychology of retiring well.
B Corp Month: Who You Work With Is a Values Statement
B Corp Month - and I'm going through the new assessment myself. Here's what choosing values-aligned suppliers really looks like in practice, from a community tree in Tower Hamlets to standing up to the Pentagon.
What if we invented the pension again from scratch?
The first pension was a bonus for outliving expectations. Today it's a bet that markets survive the next thirty years intact. What would we design instead?
Beyond ESG: Where can your money make a big difference?
Selling fossil fuel shares doesn't bend the emissions curve — someone else just buys them. So where can a pound actually make a difference?
Bubbles & Beliefs: How long until they pop?
US stocks trade at more than double their historic average (at the time of writing). Markets price belief as much as earnings — so what happens when belief starts to crack?
Investing in Your Electricity Price — and the Billion-Dollar Idea from Bhutan
Can your home upgrades pay you back — and could the UK turn excess wind into wealth? From heat pumps to Bitcoin mining, explore bold ideas that blend energy efficiency with financial return, inspired by Bhutan’s billion-dollar move.
Is It Risky to Go Green with Your Pension?
"Green means lower returns" is the most persistent myth in investing. The evidence says otherwise — and your pension has twenty-five years to prove it.
Fixed Income in a Climate-Changing World
Bonds stopped being the safe counterweight some time ago. What they can still do is pay you an income while funding the energy system we actually need.
The 2 Most Important Graphs in Retirement Planning
Two graphs that should change how you think about planning for later life — and why the comfortable version we've been sold no longer holds.
SAFE investments that are High Risk and High Impact
Why I put money into Africa's largest electric motorbike fleet — and how to think about high-risk investing without betting more than you can lose.
Eurovision of Sustainability
Guilt doesn't change behaviour. Desire does. Twelve European innovations making sustainability the thing you'd actually want — scored, inevitably, out of twelve.