Only a day in Tokyo, strolling in the Ginza, Keith was already suggesting ways in which Japan could be made more like the UK and, therefore, improved. He’d figured out why it was that Honda was outstripping Toyota in Japanese car sales.

Despite what Dublin people might say in light of recent experiences, one of the most exciting things a city can do is create a new part of itself. Cork will soon embark on such a project (if the economic conditions haven’t closed that window of opportunity) when the €1bn+ McFoster development for the South Docklands finally gets underway.

I believe this useful graphic comes from a soon to be published, Irish Times publication entitled ‘Sustainable Development: Dumbing Down Professional Terminology To Make Things Easier For The Media’.

I missed Charlie Bird up the Ganges on RTE last week. But, guessing, I’d say he was overawed by its majesty, made friends with some locals and was overawed by their simplicity, traced the river to its source and was overawed to find it.