celebrating 100 years of the Negroni, at Flaros restaurant on Sifnos. Go Camillo!

This would not have been altogether true when I was an undergraduate.

The Caribbean Sea must be the best place for a rum punch

Did everyone else already know that World Gin Day and the Queen's Official Birthday are the same day? I can't believe I never knew!

A lockdown book club: first-year, second-year, and graduate students, all studying economics at Balliol, have been gathering virtually to read Keynes’ 'General Theory of Employment Interest and Money' (1936) with James Forder (Fellow and Tutor in Political Economy) (centre top).

Another fantastic Negroni. Constantina and Dimitris, Porto Cafe, Poros.

Holiday reading: a great book for anyone interested in why cricket matters. Right up there with C L R James.

Word of the day: Bloviation. As in 'irrelevant bloviation' - this being the state the Economist anticipates for Trump.

Irene's book commended by Choice: tinyurl.com/1k6jhyg8 'Outstanding Academic Titles, 2020' 😀

Snow in Athens - Greeks welcome return of Parthenon Freeze?😆

Cartoon from The Spectator’s daily Covid-19 update. Quite right too!

Fish and chips at The Ship on The Shore, Leith. Does it look as if I enjoyed my lunch?

On my way to the Rialto

My favourite Edinburgh restaurant. The Ship on the Shore, Leith.

Just back from Bayreuth. My first Ring. An odd production, but anyway, what an experience!

Bringing up my century in Port of Spain! From Canada in 1979 to Trinidad and Tobago in 2023, 100 countries visited!

I shall be retiring from the editorship of Oxford Economic Papers in the not too distant future. Here's a call for bids to take over: tinyurl.com/35bhh5ua

One of my papers makes it into a bestseller list (just, and at a price of zero) tinyurl.com/jsledk4 Look in the bottom right hand corner

Two papers in the top ten! tinyurl.com/jy84uts

Now economics textbooks are marketed as being all about maths. A shocking front cover on the latest Perloff. A horror.