Although interest rates have gone through the roof, and the consequence for mortgage borrowers has been widely reported, there has not been the rise in
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The Tory problem is small-minded thinking
I noted this tweet last night from long-standing right-wing MP John Redwood: Redwood is wrong, of course. He usually is. ‘We’ will not need to
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Worrying about money is what adults do. That’s why we need to prepare the young for it.
My reflections on money reached the pages of The National in Scotland today: I am not a regular Sunday columnist there, but the editor rang
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You do not have to hate this country to be a Tory now, but it most certainly helps.
As the Guardian reports this morning: Prominent Conservatives from across the party are now increasingly concerned that a tilt to the right and anger over
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Young people and finance: there is more to do
A lot of people commented on my post on financial education for young people yesterday. I appreciated that. It became clear that a number of
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Grebes on the River Cam
On 29 April I posted this picture of a great crested grebe on her nest on the River Cam: A week ago, she was still
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What do young people need to know about money?
For reasons that will become more apparent over the next week or so I have been giving some thought to what might be on a
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New York is sinking, and its bankers could go down with it
As the Guardian reported yesterday: New York City is sinking in part due to the extraordinary weight of its vertiginous buildings, worsening the flooding threat posed
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King v President
This dropped into my inbox from Ipsos Mori not long ago: My immediate thought? I think George Windsor might need an alternative job plan to
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