News at the Library of Mistakes
A review of our recent LOM Festival Event by Charlie Ellis
The creative value of mistakes Charlie Ellis “If you don’t make mistakes, you’ll never make anything” For the last few weeks, hundreds of Edinburgh Festival ...
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Our Keeper’s favourite books
As a library, we’re obsessed with books – and always looking for the good ones! Below, our Keeper, Russell Napier, outlines a few of his ...
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Weekend of Mistakes – a celebration
Join us for a 90 second recap video of our inaugural Weekend of Mistakes at the beautiful Hay-on-Wye. Like what you see? The event in ...
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Helen Williams – Now we are 10!
Our librarian tells how she came to work at Edinburgh's Library of Mistakes. I first heard of the Library of Mistakes in December 2013, when ...
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Standing on the shoulders of (gi)ants
Designing promotional materials for the Library of Mistakes You’re probably well acquainted with our iconic logo and straplines – our brand is really important to ...
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Kwasi Kwarteng tells Library of Mistakes bond markets don’t act rationally
Press release For immediate release Former Chancellor of the exchequer Kwasi Kwarteng claimed that bond markets don’t act rationally, speaking in a wide-ranging interview with ...
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What truly drives the world’s financial markets?
“There is so much more to heaven and earth than is dreamt of in numbers and decimal points,” says Professor Russell Napier, Keeper of the ...
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New Podcast out – Michael Howell
We’re delighted to be bringing out a new podcast. In episode 13 of the Library of Mistakes podcast series, legendary market strategist, author and founder ...
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Fraser Allen – how I found the Library of Mistakes
Our media/PR guru tells how he came across the Library. A few years ago, I heard about a mysterious place in Edinburgh called the Library ...
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End of 2022 message from the Keeper – a Big Year for the Library of Mistakes
2022 was a remarkable year for our global initiative to improve understanding of finance, business and human behaviour, one mistake at a time. Most notably, ...
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Recent Lectures
Hosted at The Library of Mistakes
Robbie Mochrie on How to think like an economist
Wed 29 May 2024
How to think like an economist might be a misleading name for a book because it suggests that there is a right way of doing…
Greg Makoff on Default: The Landmark Court Battle over Argentina’s $100 Billion Debt Restructuring
Wed 22 May 2024
Greg, a senior fellow at the Centre for International Governance Innovation, will talk about his book Default, the riveting story of Argentina’s sovereign debt drama,…
Paul Kosmetatos: Anglo-Dutch financial connections and contrasts
Wed 15 May 2024
Anglo-Dutch financial connections and contrasts in the mid-18th Century: the Amsterdam phase of the 1772-3 credit crisis Paul, as many of you know, is one…
Dr. Roger Miles – Tales of the unintended
Tue 23 April 2024
Since the dawn of civilisation, the people tasked with governing have tried to frame rules to stop other people misbehaving. For just as long, those…
A Night Cap – Paul Kosmetatos on the Leith Whisky Bubble of 1898 at the Weekend of Mistakes
Mon 11 March 2024
We’re delighted to share this video from our recent Weekend of Mistakes at Hay-on-Wye, a joint production between The Library Of Mistakes and Hay Castle…
