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Today I am a traffic warden.   Or more accurately, I have been accused by an opponent of being like a traffic warden and not in a good way.  She wasn't complimenting me on my ability to keep the country moving and avoiding it being clogged up with illegal parking.  She was trying to insult […]

When I bought my first property, knowing I was going to be living alone in a quite area, the first thing I did was consider security.  A good solid front door.  New locks on the door, with a chain and a spy hole.  Locks on the windows.  All sensible stuff.   What you may not […]

If you go down to the woods today…..   You’d better take more than a good disguise!  Apparently, YouTube is awash with fake children’s videos.  What might look like an innocent Peppa Pig video, is actually a horror movie masquerading as an innocent cartoon.  And I know the Incredible Hulk was always ripping his clothes […]

My favourite joke goes like this.   What's the difference between a Jewish mother and aRottweiler.  Sometimes the Rottweiler lets go.     The problem with the joke is that it stopped being funny when I realised that I'm a jewish mother, and so in danger of being accused of not letting go.  Which of […]

….. all day long you could be in a police cell!   What would you do if you saw some money lying on the ground?  Would you pick it up, celebrate your good fortune and think nothing more of it.  Would you do something charitable like put it in the nearest collection box or give […]

It has been described as the most boring budget ever.  I can't really comment because I slept through it!   However it turns out that there may be something to cheer about.  My colleagues in my wills and probate team tell me that a change in IHT laws comes in on effect on the 6th […]

I love travelling on the underground.  I’m fortunate that I don’t have to do it every day and I rarely have to travel at peak times, so perhaps if I was a proper commuter I’d feel differently.  Nevertheless, I love what you can learn from people watching, and people watching on the train is better […]

If you’re going doing business with new parties, the first thing you might think about is whether they are going to do a good job if they are your client, and whether they have the money to pay you, if you are their client.  These are all good sensible things to consider.   However, as […]

Most parents are used to their children’s temper tantrums.  When my eldest son was very young, he had a momentous strop in the middle of Tescos in Brentford.  I ended up carrying him out under one arm (still screaming) whilst pushing the trolley with the other and trying to pretend everything was perfectly normal.  What […]