The Hames Report

THE SCENARIO: Green-dappled light. Stillness. A halo of mist shrouds the tea-green waters of the falls spilling over half submerged boulders. Three figures in a landscape. Ben and Moira sit in their favourite spot, shaded beneath a canopy of sun-filtered...

During the past century we witnessed unprecedented growth and prosperity—albeit shared between a relatively small number of the world’s most highly developed nations. Our deep and lasting love affair with technology, together with booming industrial economies, have provided our citizens...

Some revealing, if exceptionally polarized, views were posted by readers after my extended blog Ethanol Ethics. Wow, did that piece raise the hackles under the collars of a few bureaucrats! Some, including a handful of key government policy makers, suggested...

Leaders have huge egos. Driven and ambitious, they also possess an intense charisma - a ‘projected presence’ if you will. Most have an indelible confidence in their own abilities and a familiarity with the exercise of power. Oh, and a...

Many, otherwise credible, commentators seem to bring an alarming naivety to bear on their analysis of contemporary events which, while appealing to airport bookshops and business types keen to discover a guaranteed pathway to success and riches, serves only to...

Security, like privacy, is a relatively modern concept. It is an idea that changes depending upon human intentions and assumptions. But it has always been founded upon one factor: the ability to anticipate events based upon (contextual and ambient) intelligence....

Sometimes there is something unforgivably selfish about how we humans prioritise our requirements and push our own agendas, especially those of us who are fortunate enough to live in relative comfort and security. In much of the developed world we...

If the last century was dominated by the craving for more and more money (coupled with an insatiable desire for more and more technology) what can possibly hope to displace such an idee fixe in the future? I guess much...

In his popular Rhyme of the Ancient Mariner, Samuel Taylor Coleridge refers to the briny ocean in terms of, water, water everywhere, nor any drop to drink. He wouldn't have realised at the time the accuracy of such an observation....

I’ll give you three guesses as to the most hazardous place in your city. The Town Hall when Council is sitting? Come on, be serious. The exit gates at the football stadium when the home team has gone down to...