The article only compares against S&P 500, which did less well than others. If split between S&P, FTSE100 and Dev Europe funds it would have made about 24%.
January 10, 2026 at 9:33 AM
The article only compares against S&P 500, which did less well than others. If split between S&P, FTSE100 and Dev Europe funds it would have made about 24%.
Will this also make visible the proceeds of crime transacted in crypto? After all, they got Al Capone on tax evasion.
January 1, 2026 at 11:35 AM
Will this also make visible the proceeds of crime transacted in crypto? After all, they got Al Capone on tax evasion.
Wasn't it also to do with Antarctica being 'carved up' in segments matching the countries facing it, which Argentina doesn't because a little bit of Chile curls round, but Falklands and South Georgia do.
December 9, 2025 at 9:50 AM
Wasn't it also to do with Antarctica being 'carved up' in segments matching the countries facing it, which Argentina doesn't because a little bit of Chile curls round, but Falklands and South Georgia do.
Yeah I heard that, and came searching on here absolutely fuming; if Trump thinks he can appropriate Vonnegut, who would absolutely oppose everything Trump represents...
So if Trump did not say "So it goes" , how did BBC come to report it? #BBCWATO
So if Trump did not say "So it goes" , how did BBC come to report it? #BBCWATO
November 5, 2025 at 1:41 PM
Yeah I heard that, and came searching on here absolutely fuming; if Trump thinks he can appropriate Vonnegut, who would absolutely oppose everything Trump represents...
So if Trump did not say "So it goes" , how did BBC come to report it? #BBCWATO
So if Trump did not say "So it goes" , how did BBC come to report it? #BBCWATO
A BAT? Ok, yes I see it now. But I never would have got the bat.
(Thank you Helen, that was great fun)
(Thank you Helen, that was great fun)
October 11, 2025 at 6:08 PM
A BAT? Ok, yes I see it now. But I never would have got the bat.
(Thank you Helen, that was great fun)
(Thank you Helen, that was great fun)
Well, annoyingly I've got eleven....
October 11, 2025 at 7:42 AM
Well, annoyingly I've got eleven....
British reaction to Trump's visit:
bsky.app/profile/mars...
bsky.app/profile/mars...
Here's a parody adaptation of the classic song "Walking in Memphis" by the soulful Marc Cohn, in which we address Donald Trump's arrival in the UK for his exciting historic second state visit.
It's called "Put Up Some Fences" 🎹🎶
youtu.be/1Iag4yaozis?...
It's called "Put Up Some Fences" 🎹🎶
youtu.be/1Iag4yaozis?...
"Put Up Some Fences" - Marsh Family parody of "Walking in Memphis" about Donald Trump UK State Visit
YouTube video by Marsh Family
youtu.be
September 17, 2025 at 8:12 AM
British reaction to Trump's visit:
bsky.app/profile/mars...
bsky.app/profile/mars...
two for mirth, three for a wedding, four for a birth...
(ok, only trying to counteract the damage TV has done to regional culture)
(ok, only trying to counteract the damage TV has done to regional culture)
September 10, 2025 at 1:36 PM
two for mirth, three for a wedding, four for a birth...
(ok, only trying to counteract the damage TV has done to regional culture)
(ok, only trying to counteract the damage TV has done to regional culture)
Sorry I missed this post yesterday, but I must put in a belated vote for Alan Johnson.
Good example of one from 'the lower end of the food chain', but a fabulous read, and deservedly sold very well, as I remember.
Good example of one from 'the lower end of the food chain', but a fabulous read, and deservedly sold very well, as I remember.
August 13, 2025 at 8:58 AM
Sorry I missed this post yesterday, but I must put in a belated vote for Alan Johnson.
Good example of one from 'the lower end of the food chain', but a fabulous read, and deservedly sold very well, as I remember.
Good example of one from 'the lower end of the food chain', but a fabulous read, and deservedly sold very well, as I remember.
Why should the allowance be so high? The Libs in coalition pushed the increase, it was about 10k in today's money before 2010.
Large allowance = anomalies, eg taxpayer is better off dying in Sept than March/April. And you can start a 25K job in Oct and pay no tax for 6 months
Large allowance = anomalies, eg taxpayer is better off dying in Sept than March/April. And you can start a 25K job in Oct and pay no tax for 6 months
July 8, 2025 at 5:35 PM
Why should the allowance be so high? The Libs in coalition pushed the increase, it was about 10k in today's money before 2010.
Large allowance = anomalies, eg taxpayer is better off dying in Sept than March/April. And you can start a 25K job in Oct and pay no tax for 6 months
Large allowance = anomalies, eg taxpayer is better off dying in Sept than March/April. And you can start a 25K job in Oct and pay no tax for 6 months
I wonder which brand of shoe they were subliminally advertising...
Seriously; you were made to feel guilty, as a parent, if you didn't have your kids measured on that device and buy Clarkes shoes.
Even in tough times, not doing so was as irresponsible as not taking them to the dentist or optician.
Seriously; you were made to feel guilty, as a parent, if you didn't have your kids measured on that device and buy Clarkes shoes.
Even in tough times, not doing so was as irresponsible as not taking them to the dentist or optician.
July 7, 2025 at 7:10 PM
I wonder which brand of shoe they were subliminally advertising...
Seriously; you were made to feel guilty, as a parent, if you didn't have your kids measured on that device and buy Clarkes shoes.
Even in tough times, not doing so was as irresponsible as not taking them to the dentist or optician.
Seriously; you were made to feel guilty, as a parent, if you didn't have your kids measured on that device and buy Clarkes shoes.
Even in tough times, not doing so was as irresponsible as not taking them to the dentist or optician.
I'd have expected James Brown to be a fishmonger.... being the Godfather of sole...
July 4, 2025 at 8:06 AM
I'd have expected James Brown to be a fishmonger.... being the Godfather of sole...
Indeed, when I married and filled in a tax return it was my role as 'man of the house' to enter my wife's earnings, and savings, which applied even if she earned most of the money.
The was no obligation on me to show her what I earned or had invested.
The was no obligation on me to show her what I earned or had invested.
June 15, 2025 at 9:22 AM
Indeed, when I married and filled in a tax return it was my role as 'man of the house' to enter my wife's earnings, and savings, which applied even if she earned most of the money.
The was no obligation on me to show her what I earned or had invested.
The was no obligation on me to show her what I earned or had invested.
I remember giving a lift to miss Stoneman, a lively lady in her 70s from the flat below my GF. She wanted to be in Europe to reduce the risk of wars, 'so others don't lose out like me'.
She was 'a maiden lady', one of thousands left over by the slaughter of 14/18.
She was 'a maiden lady', one of thousands left over by the slaughter of 14/18.
June 4, 2025 at 1:53 PM
I remember giving a lift to miss Stoneman, a lively lady in her 70s from the flat below my GF. She wanted to be in Europe to reduce the risk of wars, 'so others don't lose out like me'.
She was 'a maiden lady', one of thousands left over by the slaughter of 14/18.
She was 'a maiden lady', one of thousands left over by the slaughter of 14/18.
I also loved Upright. Beautiful in that you *thought* you knew what the story would be in the first 5 minutes, but it opened up in ways you didn't expect, and from the inside of a piano to vast open spaces.
Then having Missy Higgins sing the song that tied it together at the end, how cool was that?
Then having Missy Higgins sing the song that tied it together at the end, how cool was that?
May 27, 2025 at 11:08 AM
I also loved Upright. Beautiful in that you *thought* you knew what the story would be in the first 5 minutes, but it opened up in ways you didn't expect, and from the inside of a piano to vast open spaces.
Then having Missy Higgins sing the song that tied it together at the end, how cool was that?
Then having Missy Higgins sing the song that tied it together at the end, how cool was that?
When I first joined a video rental shop, I was disappointed to find that 'Die Hard' was not in fact Welsh Porno.
March 25, 2025 at 9:17 PM
When I first joined a video rental shop, I was disappointed to find that 'Die Hard' was not in fact Welsh Porno.
I look forward all year to this time for the gag-that-no-one-under-60-will-get :
1st docker: "I see the daffodils are out"
2nd docker: "Will that affect us?"
1st docker: "I see the daffodils are out"
2nd docker: "Will that affect us?"
March 14, 2025 at 9:11 PM
I look forward all year to this time for the gag-that-no-one-under-60-will-get :
1st docker: "I see the daffodils are out"
2nd docker: "Will that affect us?"
1st docker: "I see the daffodils are out"
2nd docker: "Will that affect us?"
If they try to do Trump's visit now, there will be 10,000 Janey Godleys waiting to greet him.
C'mon, let's do it!
C'mon, let's do it!
March 5, 2025 at 10:17 AM
If they try to do Trump's visit now, there will be 10,000 Janey Godleys waiting to greet him.
C'mon, let's do it!
C'mon, let's do it!
You're right, it did come out first. For historians reading this in a hundred years, I think you've a slip of the brain/finger there, it was a 'ten bob bit', being half a quid.
And I've since remembered, the sixpence coin was also a 'sixpenny bit' in polite language, 'tanner' was slang.
And I've since remembered, the sixpence coin was also a 'sixpenny bit' in polite language, 'tanner' was slang.
February 1, 2025 at 6:44 PM
You're right, it did come out first. For historians reading this in a hundred years, I think you've a slip of the brain/finger there, it was a 'ten bob bit', being half a quid.
And I've since remembered, the sixpence coin was also a 'sixpenny bit' in polite language, 'tanner' was slang.
And I've since remembered, the sixpence coin was also a 'sixpenny bit' in polite language, 'tanner' was slang.
In fact, new coins are known by their denomination: 5p, 10p etc.
The old coins had their own names: Fathing, florin, half-crown, thruppenny bit (why was the 3d coin alone called a 'bit'?)
The old coins had their own names: Fathing, florin, half-crown, thruppenny bit (why was the 3d coin alone called a 'bit'?)
February 1, 2025 at 10:15 AM
In fact, new coins are known by their denomination: 5p, 10p etc.
The old coins had their own names: Fathing, florin, half-crown, thruppenny bit (why was the 3d coin alone called a 'bit'?)
The old coins had their own names: Fathing, florin, half-crown, thruppenny bit (why was the 3d coin alone called a 'bit'?)
The half new pennies were called 'tiddlers'. Other new coins don't seem to have picked up nicknames like the old coins: 'bob', and 'tanner'.
February 1, 2025 at 10:09 AM
The half new pennies were called 'tiddlers'. Other new coins don't seem to have picked up nicknames like the old coins: 'bob', and 'tanner'.
And particularly 2025 is the first square on the hypotenuse of a right angle triangle since the reign of the previous King Charles.
(as reported by, and all credit due to, Oliver Johnson, prof of maths at Bristol, writing in another place)
(as reported by, and all credit due to, Oliver Johnson, prof of maths at Bristol, writing in another place)
December 23, 2024 at 2:17 PM
And particularly 2025 is the first square on the hypotenuse of a right angle triangle since the reign of the previous King Charles.
(as reported by, and all credit due to, Oliver Johnson, prof of maths at Bristol, writing in another place)
(as reported by, and all credit due to, Oliver Johnson, prof of maths at Bristol, writing in another place)
Ah, the times when booze was healthy.
Sanatogen fortified the over-forties ;
Guinness was good for you; and Makeson 'looks good, tastes good, and by golly it does you good'.
Sanatogen fortified the over-forties ;
Guinness was good for you; and Makeson 'looks good, tastes good, and by golly it does you good'.
December 12, 2024 at 9:44 PM
Ah, the times when booze was healthy.
Sanatogen fortified the over-forties ;
Guinness was good for you; and Makeson 'looks good, tastes good, and by golly it does you good'.
Sanatogen fortified the over-forties ;
Guinness was good for you; and Makeson 'looks good, tastes good, and by golly it does you good'.