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Arrrghhh! It's been a 'tough' summer in terms of income and expenditure.... My regular income is dropping in at around £300 under my regular expenditure..... Although in realit…

So I just powered up another 100 Hive in honour of October HPD, to bring my Hive Power up to 143 600. Another new high. When prices are low, it's a good move to power up, stack…

Having spent a fair few hours of late driving around South London I've also spent a fair few hours sitting in traffic, sometimes near to cars much more expensive than mine. But w…

I did three short runs this week, damn no long run, I'll have to make up for that Sunday! ### Too fast 6K What can I say I was just up for this today, I think my fastest 6K in a…

The Monetary Policy Committee of the Bank of England cut interest rates by 0.25% to 4% last month, and some commentators are viewing this as a risky move with inflation well abov…

I've got no problem residing in the fact that I simply don't know with anywhere near 100% certainty what the best course of action is in many spheres of life.... I'm talking here …

Scientific knowledge has historically been regarded as an objective source of truth, but new evidence suggests that fraudulent and poor-quality research are threatening the reliabi…

The UK government is certainly in a pickle, and not a splinterland's style yaba pickle, but rather a particular pickle of UK citizens expecting a certain level of public services t…

I attempted to make classic apple pies last week, and it all went a bit wrong. Rather than my intended pies, I gota little frustrated with the pastry and ended up a sort of butter/…

Thames Water supplies about 16 million customers in the Thames Valley and London, and it is deep in financial trouble. Its debt has swollen to somewhere between a staggering £18 - …

I do love to get my 10K daily steps in and so I'm delighted to see t"Japanese walking," coming into trend... This is simply interval walking. Instead of steady brisk walking or ru…

Scientific research consistently shows that people who eat large quantities of Ultra Processed Foods are obese or overweight. Yet the reasons why this correlation exists isn't exac…

3 getting em in runs this week... - One short 6 K - One stand in not so long 8K - One intervals session. It's been a busy week sometimes you just have to get them in! ### Run 1…

Should online gambling gains be taxed more to pay for social services giving the considerable social harm gambling addiction inflicts on us...? The policy background to this is t…

It's a sign of our postmodern times... banking up, investor confidence down....! ### European Banking's Unilkely Bull Run... At the start of August 2025, European banks experienc…

I blame the man, the myth, the legend, the fashion icon that is Rob Brydon for getting suckered into Destination X, 8 hours of my life i'll never get back. The show features a do…

Britain's record net migration rose to 906,000 in 2023 and it then declined to 431,000 in 2024, according to migrationwatchuk.org.... or did it...?!? In "Making policy in a stati…

Labour's latest shot at reforming council tax is to be welcomed, but it goes only so far. As Simon Jenkins says, tidying up how we pay for councils does matter, but does not come…

Everything's better with butter! So maybe it should be no surprise that butter inflation has been particularly intense in recent months. This year, the UK saw its 12-year high …

We've made some FANTASTIC fruit leathers this year, earlier on we made some from plums and more recently we're onto apple fruit leathers, which are delicious with a touch of cinnam…