As with products on supermarket shelves, the public has a right to know where their financial products and services come from.

L'Oreal's slogan 'because you're worth it' has come to epitomise banal narcissism of early 21st century capitalism; easy indulgence and effortless self-love all available at a flick of the credit card.

Spreading an idea is hard work.

Learning isn't something you should only do solo.

The most important innovators often don't need any technologies - just imagination and acute sensitivity to people's needs.

The wrongful arrest of tens of thousands of British Muslims after the September 11 attacks can be explained by the very poor intelligence the police had, and, just possibly, excused by the fact that a terrorist action in Britain linked to British Muslims would have been hugely damaging.

Britain is rich in radicalism, and anyone who says that our society has drifted into fatalism and apathy should get out more.