Of all the BRIC countries, the one I find most interesting from an investment perspective is India, and yet it seems to get the least amount of attention, despite a growing number of excellent funds in the country.

I did not know whether to laugh or let out a sigh of relief when David Cameron let it be known he did not want Gordon Brown taking over at the World Bank.

Apparently 11 million of us are going to live to be 100 years old. That probably will not include me, unless the artificial heart valves I have are better than the NHS is letting on.

I never knew Pinetop Perkins, if fact, I had not heard of him until he died recently. He was 97, which is a cracking age for anyone, but particularly impressive with his background and lifestyle.

Investment Week editor Lawrence Gosling speaks to Craton Capital's Nathalie Han.

There is a joke - admittedly not a very funny one - that goes: ask 10 economists the state of the economy and they will give you 10 different opinions.

So Guillaume Rambourg finds himself exonerated, as we always knew he would, while the FSA is allowed to walk away scot-free despite being the real villain of the piece.

The day of the recent demonstrations in London against the cuts, I found myself talking to a member of the Fire Brigade Union at a party. He had been to the protest that day and reckoned there were a million people demonstrating.

BUDGET 2011 BLOG

Do you use conditioner? I don't. It is not really necessary with my amount of hair. What about dating agencies? Me neither. Happily married. What about apps, or a shoulder of pork?