
So what did we all make of 2009? It would seem that there is an increasing degree of uncertainty in the world – finance, security, swine flu, the recession – and the list goes on. There are many problems that we are going to leave to the next generation to solve, as if they will not have enough problems of their own making! That is a pessimistic opening, but it’s not all bad. As I write this, it is 20 years since the fall of the Berlin Wall, so good things happen and l...read more