People like to say football is England’s national sport, but, MAYBE this year aside, we've excelled more at remembering the game rather than playing it over the last 60 years. Every few years, another

The UK has talked for years about leading the world in financial technology, but its stance on cryptocurrency has felt stuck The Fintech Times reports that the Bank of England has recently released a draft

In retrospect I think I had quite a tired week's running this week - I've been on a diet and the heat... and a trip to Paw Patrol World on Friday didn't help either! Anyway, I've still very much enjoyed

So having decided that it's totally irrational to aim for a 10K a day step count i've gotten back into it again, clocking up a 67 day streak so far.... STREAKING makes no sense, as in streaking of the

Britain’s high electricity prices are turning into a real problem for its manufacturers. Energy here just costs a lot more than it does for competitors overseas. The Guardian recently pointed out how bad

We tend to think that New Tech means using less energy, at least if we're swapping like for like - such as with using LED bulbs compared to the old bulb-bulbs - I mean a few watts compared to 60....it

I do love an honesty box and a few jars of jam or boxes of eggs, or plants, or whatever, outside someone's house on a rickety old table, sometimes you even see baked goods for sale, and there's something

Britain’s housebuilders used to be about as safe a bet as you could find on the stock market. An apparent chronic housing shortage and every government promising to build more homes meant demand always

I managed four runs in the last week! Sunday's Run Longer - just! Headed out on Sunday for a nice gentle slightly longer than usual run, at 7.2K - a slightly different route along back roads and another

The Laffer Curve describes the sweet-spot with the tax rate where the government maximises revenue without creating too much of a disincentive for people to invest... Too low a tax rate and the government

So it's still bleak out there, BTC going lower, Hive dancing around that $0.05 cent mark.... But I've just been selling off my HBDs and buying some more Hive. Another 25K or so added in the last month!

The UK economy is struggling in many respects, but the Premier League is a real success story.... it is one of Britain’s biggest cultural and commercial hits. Premier League games reach people everywhere,

Oh man it's looking good down the allotment this June... We are harvesting lettuce, broad beans and baby courgettes and soon we'll have tomatoes too! Sunflowers and corn Getting there! Brocoli... The good

I had a bit of spare time this morning to experiment with voice to text, I'm so used to tyhping but I've long felt that voicing thoughts would be quicker than typing, although this is a massive habit shift

Have we gotten a bit too hooked on “geniuses” in the world of investing? These days, markets seem quick to put founders and visionary CEOs on a pedestal: not just for what their companies do, but because

Politicians love to big-up their country's GDP growth - at least if it's increasing - productivity up = good news. But GDP growth doesn't tend to matter to ordinary people - who are more concerned with

The Triple Lock is enormously expensive, yet politicians just aren't up to tackling it... This is unsurprising given that pensioners are more likely to vote, so touching the treble lock is political suicide.

I had a reasonable week's running - although I think I was mainly in recovery mode from my big Satirday night out wknd before last! Saturday Park Run defo NOT feeling in PB mood - Headed off easy and got

Elaine Moore from the Financial Times makes a fair point: with everyone glued to their screens, pinging messages, emails, Slack posts, and WhatsApp notes all day, maybe we’ve forgotten the simple art of

After years of only mild interest, gold has made a massive comeback in recent years, it's quite the change! For the first time in decades, the total value of gold above ground has actually slipped past