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What lies ahead….?

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2018 is upon us and a new year always gives one pause. When compiling the 2017 Story Bazaar Compendium over the holiday one of the things which stood out for me was the frenetic pace of everything, especially how quickly … Continue reading

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Let me be clear….about economic impact

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The latest episode of who said what about leaving the EU focuses on the impact upon the UK economy. Before the Vote Boris Johnson ( standing in front of that bus ) rubbished what he called the Remain side’s ‘propaganda’ … Continue reading

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Post Holiday Blues

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Woke up this mornin’…. to find it was the real new year, not a holiday and that it was grey and raining. The only remedy –  work. Having retired from salaried employment I no longer have a commute to an … Continue reading

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If Mrs Merton did tax and Brexit….

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If the late Caroline Ahearne’s comic creation, Mrs Merton, were to ask a few questions of some of those folk so anxious that the UK leave the EU quickly, might they approximate to those below? “So, billionaire newspaper-owning non-UK domiciled … Continue reading

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2017 Reading Part II

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The second half of my ‘reading for pleasure’ list of 2017. Detective fiction, and particularly, historical detective fiction is a guilty pleasure of mine – I blame discovering Sherlock Holmes in my early years, as well as Sexton Blake and Jack … Continue reading