Financial markets have received quite a jolt over the last four months as money markets across the globe froze. Rising credit losses from the US mortgage market spread panic across credit markets and we have seen all forms of credit spread increasing. As a result ‘safe havens’, such as government bond markets and precious metals [...]
Raphael, Michelangelo and Leonardo da Vinci were the three Italian creators of the High Renaissance. Raphael, the youngest, was the one who most vividly expressed its ideals. Throughout his brief career, Raphael was very much associated with the image of the Madonna. More than 20 museums worldwide have a Madonna by him. In Raphael’s time, [...]
Dante’s 14th Century Divine Comedy, given the title ‘Divine’ by Giovanni Boccaccio, describes many of the tortures that will be inflicted on us doctors (I’m excluding surgeons here) once we die and descend to Hell. I have been there. Anybody who, in July, has been, to the Venice Biennale, the oldest Art Show in Europe, [...]
Every year, around this time, I start to lament that I don’t have small children anymore. Christmas is no fun without charming little children in a state of high excitement waiting on Santa to bring them their heart’s desire on Christmas morning. There’s nothing to match that look of wonder and astonishment on their shiny [...]
“Wine makes a man more pleased with himself; I do not say it makes him more pleasing to others.” – Samuel Johnson. Now that the season of Christmas is approaching, we should remember Samuel Johnson’s words and try to combine a little wine with good cheer, moderation and, perhaps, tolerance. As any wine merchant will [...]
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