Following their weekend in Paris Jinnie and Penny were allowed Monday as a day off, so it wasn’t until Tuesday that they met Gretel on the train to work. As usual, she came puffing up [more…]
Unsound money, unsound society Of course, one of the most important and consequential parts of the incredibly complex organism that is the economy is money itself. It is its lifeblood and as the song goes, “it [more…]
Eagerly anticipated by coin collectors across the world, the 2022 Proof Sovereign range was launched by the Royal Mint on 15th November and sold out within the first hour. Dropping the usual Pistrucci designed George [more…]
Monday Another week breaks for your cat correspondent to report on. It was lovely and sunny when I woke up this morning so I thought I would take my stroll down the garden in preference [more…]
First correct entry out of ‘the hat’ wins a book to the value of £20. Email entries to me by 6.00 pm Friday, subject ‘Crossword’. Contact here on email Winner of Crossword 198 and a [more…]
When Jinnie arrived at her parent’s home in Potters Bar she found her sister sitting on the patio reading. Penny had just finished her A-Levels and been told by her school that she was no [more…]
In 1954, the Manchester Evening News launched a “Special Investigation” and tasked my uncle, John Alldridge, with answering the question – Holidaymakers, do you get value for your MONEY? What follows is his report on [more…]
Some three months before Mum’s 80th my brother, Barry, and I got together to work out what we could organise for her. We came up with a number of ideas, amongst them were a party [more…]
Almost two decades ago, German economist Horst Siebert coined the term the “Cobra effect” to describe the real-world consequences of “well-intentioned” government interventions that go awry and produce the exact opposite results from what they aim for. [more…]
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