Notes from the Gallery
A monthly review of the absurdities of the main geopolitical news trends around the world, mostly from the UK perspective, and mostly in terms of how this affects businesses and society.
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…December 2025
So, 2025 is drawing to a close and with it also the first quarter of this century. It’s already clear that the triumph of liberal democracy that shaped the second half of the last century – at least in the West – is already fading away, and that the 21st century will be much more…
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…November 2025
The British public began November by celebrating Guy Fawkes’ efforts to blow up Parliament in 1605, and ended the month with the government’s efforts to blow up the economy, courtesy of yet another tax raising budget.
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…October 2025
Trick or treat – something broke in October and now the days are getting shorter. All the usual ghouls have haunted the news cycle this month but the story remains the same; move fast or get slimed.
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…September 2025
September began the way that August ended, with the lead news item being the summit for bad leaders held in China to make the Chinese leader Xi Jinping look good. All the world’s top b*stards – almost all – turned up to showcase their poor fashion sense and discuss how to live forever.
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…August 2025
August started off on a sombre note with the 80th anniversary of the atomic bombing of Hiroshima at the end of the second world war. Everything went downhill from there…
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…July 2025
Britain has mostly been experiencing global warming in July – starting off the month with a heatwave – but ending with rain; even the Prince of Darkness bowed out, such has been this last month.
Nessan Cleary 