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Brian Bollen
Flexible and prolific writer and editor, highly effective media coach, highly entertaining public speaker and novelist.
Interests: Journalism, Public Speaking, Switzerland, Running, Golf, Humour, Good Biographies and Autobiographies, WWII tales of derring do, especially with relation to Colditz and Stalag Luft III, Airdrieonians FC.
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The Lauterbrunnen Valley
Posted Jul 25, 2024 at Brian Bollen's Blog
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Back on form with pizza
Posted Jun 4, 2024 at Brian Bollen's Blog
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Home-made stuff
Posted Apr 30, 2024 at Brian Bollen's Blog
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I am sure you all know that the important fact...
I am sure you all know that the important fact about today, April 19, 2024, is that it is exactly 100 years since Airdrieonians FC won the Scottish FA Cup for the only time, beating Hibernian 2-0 at Ibrox Park... Continue reading
Posted Apr 19, 2024 at Brian Bollen's Blog
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Hail, Populus, a parable from Rome for modern times
Posted Apr 10, 2024 at Brian Bollen's Blog
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I don't think this was a try
I don't think this was a valid try: https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/av/rugby-union/68395119. The player's feet were in touch when he put the ball down and one of the first lessons I learnt when starting to play rugby back in 1968 or 1969 was... Continue reading
Posted Feb 27, 2024 at Brian Bollen's Blog
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Another Mighty Landmark
This week marks another personal landmark, in that it was 40 years ago this week that I made my first-ever sale as a professional writer. It was of a one-line topical gag, to The News Huddlines, at that time a... Continue reading
Posted Feb 6, 2024 at Brian Bollen's Blog
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Saturday Night With The Cassiopeia String Quartet
Posted Jan 28, 2024 at Brian Bollen's Blog
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Another Day, Another Freelance Milestone
Today marks 31 years to the day that I left the Financial Times for the last time as a staffer and launched into the freelance world (January 22 1993). When I arrived home that Friday afternoon there was a commission... Continue reading
Posted Jan 21, 2024 at Brian Bollen's Blog
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Jam Tomorrow? WHY TIME REALLY MATTERS IN ECONOMICS
Posted Dec 11, 2023 at Brian Bollen's Blog
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UK is a hub for innovation, but business still struggling to scale up
YFM Equity Partners has released new research today showing that despite the fact that UK entrepreneurs generate £950bn in annual revenue, entrepreneurs in the most innovative regions are struggling to access the funding they need to grow. The findings are... Continue reading
Posted Dec 5, 2023 at Brian Bollen's Blog
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DHO Journal 2023
Posted Oct 17, 2023 at Brian Bollen's Blog
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Anyone out there fancy a cycling challenge?
Posted Sep 28, 2023 at Brian Bollen's Blog
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Anyone out there fancy a cycling challenge?
Posted Sep 28, 2023 at Brian Bollen's Blog
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My latest pizzas, home-made from scratch
Posted Aug 21, 2023 at Brian Bollen's Blog
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Macaroon bars and tablet
Posted Aug 20, 2023 at Brian Bollen's Blog
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Braverman must resign
Suella Braverman must resign. Simple as that. But then, she should have been sacked the moment the story came out in the press that she regards herself as being above the laws that she, as home secretary, is responsible for.... Continue reading
Posted May 22, 2023 at Brian Bollen's Blog
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Asset-liability mismatching should have no place in banking
We have heard a good deal of uninformed guff recently about asset-liability mismatches in the coverage of runs on banks and the spectacular collapse of Silicon Valley Bank. I first became aware of asset-liability mismatches in banking around the spring... Continue reading
Posted Apr 28, 2023 at Brian Bollen's Blog
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Parents stretching the finances to finance private schooling
I found this press release in my inbox this morning, and while it is not directly relevant to anything currently on my work sheets, it resonates with me as someone who bit the bullet in the summer of 1996 and... Continue reading
Posted Apr 25, 2023 at Brian Bollen's Blog
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No need to be alarmed, says Bank of England; so why am I suddenly alarmed?
The Bank of England has, I just read in The Times, in effect said in the wake of news that UBS will rescue Credit Suisse, that there is no need to be alarmed about the British banking system. Why does... Continue reading
Posted Mar 20, 2023 at Brian Bollen's Blog
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Blue Blood, Cazenove in the Age of Global Banking
Posted Jan 25, 2023 at Brian Bollen's Blog
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It was 30 years ago today
It was 30 years ago today. No, not that Sergeant Pepper taught the band to play, but 30 years since I left the Financial Times building for the last time as a full-time staffer and went freelance. It's been three... Continue reading
Posted Jan 22, 2023 at Brian Bollen's Blog
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A Private Spy - The Letters of John le Carré
Posted Dec 3, 2022 at Brian Bollen's Blog
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If Gondolas Could Talk
Posted Nov 16, 2022 at Brian Bollen's Blog
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Colditz: Prisoners of the Castle
Posted Oct 16, 2022 at Brian Bollen's Blog
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