Global Matters Weekly – Inflationary pressures

Having a Swedish partner meant that this weekend was spent eating a whole load of pickled herring and drinking unsweetened flavoured schnapps. For those who are unaware, this means it was Midsommar, an annual celebration in Sweden which celebrates the middle of summer. The festivity consists of a never-ending lunch party which involves flowers in your hair, dancing around a maypole, singing songs and enjoying the acquired tastes of the above-mentioned food and drink. This year we spent it in Hyde Park and were lucky enough to be close to The Rolling Stones Hyde Park concert. So, whilst Gimme Shelter was playing live in the background, we were dancing around the maypole singing Små Grodorna, which translates to The Little Frogs. You can make your own mind up, but I know where I would have rather been…