While there has been a broadly similar reaction from nation states to the COVID-19 panic, one that has seen vast swathes of the global population put under a form of house arrest, the path taken to remedy the economic harm…
As we move into the next stages of dealing with the current crisis, NHSX has developed a COVID-19 tracking app which is supposed to be an integral part of the government’s new ‘test, track and trace’ strategy. The decision to…
As I write this, the UK death toll from coronavirus stands at 35,341, having overtaken Italy earlier this month as the worst in Europe. Weeks after the initial clap, people are still standing outside their front doors and on balconies to clap their…
In a world full of despair with the deadly coronavirus, we all need a bit of hope and positivity from those in the media as we endure one of the biggest domestic challenges in decades. Perhaps I am contradicting myself…
In 2002, Andrew Pole, a statistician for the American retail store chain Target, devised an algorithm to determine the statistical probability of customers being pregnant based upon their purchasing patterns. Target would then send coupons for pregnancy related items to…
March was a defining moment in the COVID-19 crisis. We had watched, in sadness, countries around the world, including in Europe, dealing with an awful virus which originated in China. In the UK, there were few deaths, to begin with,…
The NHS is, rather ironically, an institution in a state of serious ill-health. This should be evident to anyone who has spent time visiting loved ones in hospitals at any point in years gone by, but the true extent of the…
The first signs of a catastrophic economic collapse are being seen across the news as we head into May. Putting millions of staff at risk, and risking £50bn a year of vital investment in the economy at a time where…
It is hardly clandestine that Victoria’s Secret is not the industry giant that it once was. The lingerie and beauty company has faced economic decline since their chief marketing officer, Ed Razek, made highly offensive comments in an interview with…