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GREAT British Cars
Why buying a second-hand jag puts you in good, competitive company… In the business pages of this Sunday’s Washington Post, Michael Lennox asked whether an aspiring global competitor from a developing economy could use the acquisition … Read more »GREAT British Cars
Washington DC, USA
30 May 2012
Tech winds are blowing east
The frenzy surrounding Facebook’s IPO shows the firm grip the thriving tech scene has on public consciousness. The IPO disappointed investors and Facebook is a few billion off its May 18 valuation. Let’s not forget however, that this is an … Read more »Tech winds are blowing east
New York, USA
29 May 2012
Big Business: The Prime Minister in the Windy City
Chicago isn’t an easy city to impress. The undisputed commercial capital of the US Midwest (an economic area comparable in weight to Germany), the second US financial centre after New York, and President Obama’s home town, it is used to high … Read more »Big Business: The Prime Minister in the Windy City
Washington DC, USA
25 May 2012
Our man in Florida
I guess everyone has a mental image of a place, born from reading books or watching films and TV. So when I travelled to Miami to meet up with the British Consul General, Kevin McGurgan, and his remarkable team, the tropical storm that greeted the … Read more »Our man in Florida
Washington DC, USA
25 May 2012
What Chicago Means for Afghanistan
The road from the previous NATO Summit in Lisbon to Chicago has had some bumps, but what the NATO/ISAF Alliance will focus on this weekend is the degree to which we have stuck the course and remained committed to Afghanistan’s future. At Lisbon, … Read more »What Chicago Means for Afghanistan
Washington DC, USA
19 May 2012
Recent posts from our bloggers
Celebrating Olympic values
The countdown clock in our Embassy tells me that the that the London 2012 opening ceremony is barely two months away. The Olympic Torch has begun its tour of the UK. All around the world, athletes are qualifying for their national teams. Here in the US, the first goosebump-raising, Morgan Freeman-voiced Olympics ad hit the airwaves this month, … Read more »Celebrating Olympic values
GREAT British Music Rocks and Rolls Through The Years
The following is a guest post by Bob McNally, drummer for MADlantic, a local rock and roll cover band with US and UK band members. It is Music Week and Great Britain celebrates its long and outstanding tradition of rock and roll. Music is one of the great cultural ties between the US and the UK. The connection is not only global, but also very … Read more »GREAT British Music Rocks and Rolls Through The Years
A GREAT Kickoff for a Summer of Sport
Britain may not have the Sweet Sixteen, the Final Four or the March Madness experienced by the Prime Minister and President Obama. But with the end of the English Premier League season coming right before the UEFA Champions League finals, you could say we save our madness for May. And what madness it turned out to be this year. With Manchester … Read more »A GREAT Kickoff for a Summer of Sport
LA Environmental
If someone had asked me to picture a stereotype of Los Angeles prior to my trip there at the end of last week, I might have imagined sun bouncing off the Hollywood sign, towering above huge highways where massive cars roared by, conveying wannabe starlets through the smog to their latest audition or waitress interview. If there is one thing I … Read more »LA Environmental
Building a Safe and Prosperous Partnership with Asia
Recently, the Foreign Secretary and I both spoke with scholars of international affairs. His lecture was at the International Institute for Strategic Studies in Singapore (a city, incidentally, that I lived in as a child), halfway around the world from his office in London, while mine was at Johns Hopkins’ School for Advanced International … Read more »Building a Safe and Prosperous Partnership with Asia