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Lifestyle: December 2007

Markets will return to normality

Conor White | 14 December 2007 | Finance

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... Read more

Raphael's Mother and Child images

Dr John Wallace | 14 December 2007 | Art

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... Read more

Water to wine: Venice and its neighbouring vineyards

Giovanni Morelli | 07 December 2007 | Travel, Wine

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... Read more

Bursting for a Wii...

Berna Cox | 07 December 2007 | Culture and society

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... Read more

Wines for the festive season

Giovanni | 07 December 2007 | Wine

“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... Read more