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Couple of weeks ago my son, who is just twelve years old, came back from school and announced that he will ‘…beat ten bags of sh*t out of this stupid b*stards who are dissing him for being poor’. Now, usually our son is not allowed to get away with…
Have you heard about the Hurlingham Club? If you have, you know much more about London private members’ clubs than I did a week ago. Apparently, the Hurlingham Club is recognised as one of Britain’s finest private members’ club, it was established in mid-nineteenth century and was the cradle of…
Today is Mother’s Day in the UK and we are making a bit of an occasion of it. Which, as the more observant amongst you may be quick to point out, goes against my nature for two reasons. First, I am a mother and proud of it (hey, after all…
Right, people! This article comes with a warning: if you are under 35 please stop reading now since anything I say is probably a second nature to you. Go learn something that may be useful to you. If, on the other hand, you are over forty stay with me a…
I know! The title may sound confusing but it actually is also the title of a novel by two Russian science fiction writers – Brothers Strugatsky. It so happens that they are the only science fiction writers I really liked reading; check them out – their books are imaginative, contain…
If you have not already entered our give away please do so; just follow this link and enter; the possibility of winning £300 (about $450) waiting there. I probably have already said this but…I LOVE BEING FIFTY! I love the whole thing; the ability to relax with friends, the possibility…
Let’s start with the really important stuff: our give away. Now this one is really splendid; it is not only rather generous but also the three blogs that participate in it – The Savvy Scot, Skint in the City and The Money Principle – are uniquely British. Still, anyone can…
After two flights and a short train journey I have finally arrived – in the Grand Hotel in Lund, Sweden. And before you start thinking that I am ‘jumping the niche’ – from personal finance to leisure and travel – this is not the case. I have always travelled rather…
It has been a week since I hit fifty; how is it? Great! It is the time of life when we are suspected of having mid-life crisis and, this applies more to us women, menopausal. As I say, it is the same as being in puberty but so much better…
What an enjoyable weekend we had! A weekend when, I hope, history was made and the personal finance bloggers in the UK got together to have our first conference. Well, OK some of the UK personal finance bloggers met but it is a start; apart from that I believe that…
Last Wednesday, coming back from Bonn, I noticed the exceptionally long lines at the ‘outside EU’ counter at passport control. On a whim I struck a conversation with the border control guard. ‘Very busy today’ – I said. ‘The overseas students are back’ – she replied. This kind of real…
Last week The Money Principle was included in six carnivals of Personal Finance. Thanks to the following: Carnival of MoneyPros at Young Cheap Living Carn. of Financial Camaraderie at Broke-Ass Mommy Wealth Artisan’s FinCarn at Wealth Artisan Yakezie Carnival at Stock Trend Investing Carnival of Retirement at Finance Product Reviews…