Jewish communities have suffered a spate of horrifying anti-Semitic attacks on both sides of the Atlantic. Yet survival has always… Read more Wall Street Journal: In a Concentration Camp, Dreams of a Café
Category: Columns
Standpoint Magazine: Ironies of Ideology
On a recent visit to the Royal Academy, I noticed a tall, elegantly dressed man who spent quite some time… Read more Standpoint Magazine: Ironies of Ideology
Times Literary Supplement: Does philosophy have to be obscure?
I recently went to a public lecture at LSE hosted by the Forum for European Philosophy. The discussion was entitled… Read more Times Literary Supplement: Does philosophy have to be obscure?
Money Observer: How to close the gender pay gap in finance
Last week saw the deadline for companies with over 250 employees in the UK to report their gender pay gap.… Read more Money Observer: How to close the gender pay gap in finance
Money Observer: Fertility and other surprising ways to spot a recession
Economists look to house prices, GDP and retail sales to predict the next recession. But a new study says we… Read more Money Observer: Fertility and other surprising ways to spot a recession
Money Observer: First money memories
What’s your first memory of money? Psychoanalysts could have a field day unravelling how people’s first memories shape their views… Read more Money Observer: First money memories
Money Observer: What Piketty has in common with reality TV
‘Who says a reality television show can’t convey an important message?’ asked my friend Elly Steinberg, who is a documentary… Read more Money Observer: What Piketty has in common with reality TV
Standpoint Magazine: Tunnel Vision
Winston Churchill’s half-smoked cigar sold for $12,000 at a US auction in October. A hand-written note by Albert Einstein on… Read more Standpoint Magazine: Tunnel Vision
Money Observer: How about making trainers more sustainable
I have never heard a laugh as loud as the one let out by my local cobbler when I brought… Read more Money Observer: How about making trainers more sustainable
Money Observer: Here’s what Brexit is doing to our diet
As we know, inflation is upon us, and it’s on an upward trend. Once a month, the Office for National… Read more Money Observer: Here’s what Brexit is doing to our diet
Marina Gerner, freelance feature writer & critic 