Escaping the New Normal: A Review of The Only Game in Town by Mohamed A. El-Erian

March 08

A review of Mohamed A. El-Erian’s The Only Game in Town: Central Banks, Instability & Avoiding the Next Collapse.

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The Top 5 Most Giftable Writing Guides

December 16

As it’s the season of gifting – and we happen to know a few people who make a living off the written word – we’ve put together a list of the top five loveliest writing manuals to give this December. The below editions of some of the best-loved guides are as aesthetically pleasing as they […]

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Riding Out the Banking Apocalypse

June 25

A review of Ivan Fallon’s Black Horse Ride, from The Robson Press. The just-published Black Horse Ride – while sounding like an emotional recounting of the last days of an uncolonised land or even a hellish descent into a plague-ridden Europe – is, in fact, a history of Lloyds Banking Group. Bearing the subtitle The […]

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There Are Now Scottish Bonds That Pay in Beer

June 05

Shop local, invest in the bond market, get a little tipsy: Edinburgh’s own Innis & Gunn is offering you the opportunity to enjoy all three at once. In an effort to raise funds that will go towards building a nearby brewery, the craft beer company is currently issuing BeerBonds. They’re a real thing – they’re […]

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A Dollar Is What I Need

April 03

I spent three and a half years in New York City before being called for jury duty, and I was impressed with myself for flying under the radar for so long, since Massachusetts came after me as the smoke was still clearing from my 18th birthday candles. I was new to my job at the […]

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Thanksgiving: You Know You Want It

November 26

It’s two days before Thanksgiving. I’ve just returned from Sainsbury’s. My anxiety levels are basically normal; I’m not in a rage. There are no bruises forming on my ankles. In fact, I didn’t even see anyone with a ‘trolley’ (ahem, shopping cart), let alone feel one aggressively punching me forward, used as a rolling weapon […]

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Changing Language with a Side of Waffle Fries

November 14

A manager at American fast-food chain Chick-Fil-A has tried to clean up his restaurant’s act via very traditional means: the use of proper grammar. Eric the manager, after an observational study of his employees’ millennial lexicon, compiled a list of banned words that are forbidden from the moment Fil-A-ers walk in the door until they […]

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Mo Money, Mo Problems… by William Shakespeare

October 29

In her inaugural blog for Copylab, Marisa Campbell discusses the etymological origins of the dollar and its extensive association with culture, from Shakespeare to hip hop. The poetic arts have had a strained relationship with dollars since long before the USD became the default reserve currency of the developed world. As students of British literature […]

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