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Something of a political and diplomatic crisis seems to be emerging over China's bid to build a massive new embassy compound in the centre of London. The proposed "super-embassy" on the prestigious

I just Powered Up 100 Hive in honour of August 2025 HPUD... HP progress... Well not too good last month as I did a couple of Powerdowns to have some liquid Hive given the positive price action on BTC in

Marks & Spencer recently its own version of the Japanese "sando" – a strawberry cream sandwich that's whetting social media's appetite. While most consumers are focused on the rich taste

I was happy enough with the Labour Party's 'non-win' last July, but they haven't exactly had an easy ride in their first year. The Labour Party leader Kier Starmer has had an especially turgid time of

I've got to wondering why the markets have reacted with such a breezy attitude to the war in the Middle East. Despite the very possible risk of the conflict spreading beyond Gaza and Iran, but stock prices

Should AI tech companies be allowed to scrape human created content off the net, upload it to their systems and use it to provide 'enhanced' content, without paying the human creators of that original

In the wake of radical tax changes targeting non-domiciled residents, the UK is suffering an exodus of the super-wealthy. By charging inheritance tax (IHT) on the global assets of non-doms, Labour has

I rarely fly anywhere, but every time I do I hate having to go into alert mode because of all of the hidden costs and traps of the ticket I might end up with, and it turns out there's a long history of

Now I'm spending a little longer time in London these days, I've got my two standard runs sorted out - a local 6K around one park, and then a 10+K I can do with two laps around Crystal Palace, the latter

The FTSE 100 may have been on an upward trajectory for a fair while now, but Britain's own pension funds are pulling out of UK-listed companies. In a move symbolic of wider disillusionment with the London

A recent report by Bloomberg has found that the price tag of climate disasters in the U.S. totaled almost $1 trillion over the past year to May. That's not a typo — one trillion dollars for disaster relief,

Hey ho, my last update was about two whole months ago, back in late May. I have stacked a little more DEC to the tract(s) since then and am keeping things mostly in balance, except for a current relatively

Nigel Farage's reform party is propsing a golden tax card for the super wealthy to come to Britain and live tax free for years for a one-off fee... Reform's plan to lure wealthy non-domiciles back into

Britain's slow economic growth rate is usually portrayed in the media as a crisis. The standard line is that our happiness and prosperity are on the line, and this usually means equating personal happiness

The protests surrounding Bezos's star-studded wedding were just the most visible tip of a massive backlash against over-tourism in the city, and it's not just Venice. Other popular tourist hotspots are

So I managed 4 runs in the past 6 days, if I include a cheek 3KM run I don't include here! Saturday Long Run I think I am allowed to call 16K a proper long run, anything 10 miles or over counts IMO. I

Circa 2018 peppered with a 1980s aesthetic.... i headed to Regiate on Weds with the express purpose of spending the entire afternoon in the pub drinking, which is basically my all-time favourite activity.

One thing that's occurred to me in relation to my main blog is the possibility of paying someone else to do all of the drudge updating labour, all of the stuff that needs doing manually for SEO purposes

The increasing demand for special educational needs provision is compelling local authorities to buy in services from expensive private providers. The result is some truly staggering charges and huge profits

We've had a hot few days here in the UK and I am loving it! For me it's been the perfect excuse to get our in the local beer gardens for a few bevvies, one of my favourite things to do in the whole world!