Tag Archives: Harold Macmillan

19Aug/26

Zambia’s Afronauts and the Modern Circus

August 19, 2026ArtAdam McGuigan, Adidas, Afrofuturism, Afronauts, BMW Group, Chansa, Chibolya, Circus, Cristina De Middel, David Byrne, Dubai, Edinburgh, Edward Makuka Nkoloso, Gift, Gift Chansa, Harold Macmillan, Ireland, London, Lusaka, Matha Mwambwa, Netherlands, Nuotama Bodomo, Rwanda, Social circus, United Kingdom, Victoria, Zambiaadmin

From Cosmic Footnote to Global Stage: The Bold Legacy of Zambia’s First Afronauts

Wed, Aug 19 2026 /Mpelembe Media/ — In the early 1960s, the African continent was caught in a magnificent, swirling “Wind of Change,” as British Prime Minister Harold Macmillan famously described the inevitable end of colonial rule. For the people of Zambia, 1964 was not just the year of independence; it was a psychological rebirth. It was an era where the impossible suddenly seemed achievable. Amidst this atmosphere of newborn sovereignty, one man dared to suggest that African intellectual power should not just reclaim its land, but stake a claim in the cosmos itself.Edward Mukuka Nkoloso was more than just a dreamer; he was a veteran and an activist who understood that for Zambia to be truly free, it had to assert its scientific and intellectual sovereignty on the global stage.
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14Mar/23

Silicon Valley Bank: how interest rates helped trigger its collapse and what central bankers should do next

March 14, 2023FinanceBank, Banking, Central bank, Charles Read, Creative Commons, Economic bubbles, Economy, Financial crisis of 2007–2008, Financial services, Harold Macmillan, Harold Wilson, Interest rate, Monetary policy, Money, New York, Signature Bank, Silicon Valley Bank, Stock market crashes, Systemic risk, The Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, United Kingdom, United States, WASHINGTON MUTUALadmin

Charles Read, University of Cambridge

A former prime minister of Britain, Harold Wilson, is famous for remarking that a week is a long time in politics. But in the world of finance, it seems everything can change in just two days.

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01Nov/22

70 years of data suggest the Conservatives will suffer a big defeat at the next election – here’s how I worked it out

November 1, 2022PoliticsBoris Johnson, Creative Commons, Elections, FiveThirtyEight, Harold Macmillan, Jeremy Hunt, Liberal Democrats, Margaret Thatcher, Mark Pack, Opinion polling for the 2010 United Kingdom general election, Paul Whiteley, Political ideologies, Political organizations, Political parties, Psephology, Rishi Sunak, Scottish Labour Party, Stuart, Tony Blair, United Kingdom, University of Essex, YOUGOVadmin

Paul Whiteley, University of Essex

With the UK’s new prime minister in office, it looks like the political turmoil of the last few months is likely to ease, at least for the time being. Rishi Sunak and his fellow MPs must put their political differences aside to focus on stabilising the economy and calming financial markets. But Sunak will of course have one eye on the next election, which he must call before January 2025.

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