Edward lloyd, the man.

Edward Lloyd I was a guest on a podcast recently, where I was asked to talk about Edward Lloyd, owner of one of the world’s most famous coffee houses in the late 17th to early 18th century, and unbeknownst to him, a founder of a global marketplace that almost underwrites the world. Rather than celebrate […]

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Mid Winter

It’s that time of year again, the end of November, turning into December. As I write, it is less than a month from the winter solstice. Everything becomes greyer, the dark shadows expand, and corners of rooms disappears. The leaves are at the end of their tether, with great mashes of mulch on the roads […]

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