I have been quite reflective about turning 50 this week, with a few events happening around me that were unforeseen but challenging and exciting at the same time.
It was 10 years ago this week when I realised that I was no longer going to be married and it has certainly been ten years that have rarely been boring, if not a bit of a roller coaster at times.
What does seem to happen in our 40's is that relationships will undergo severe tests ...
I have not known many very wealthy people in my time. I have known a few who have done quite well but I have only ever known one who worked with and mixed with the people at the very top of city institutions earning money that would make a Premier League footballer wince.
She was a financial director in the City of London, born and educated from 'good stock' and making what I would consider extraordinary amounts of money. I always quite ...
Under pressure cabinet minister, Pritti Narstee, says she did nothing wrong after bumping into a leading figure of the Israeli Army in a queue for a water slide at Aqualand in Portugal.
Narstee, who is the former chair of the the campaign group 'Enemies of Palestine' denies that she organised the meeting with Israeli delegate, Iyam Reelinasti, and that the coming together at the Algarve attraction was purely coincidental.
It is claimed ...
I doubt very much that the Queen of England knew what her financial team were doing with the £10 million they stuck in offshore accounts to avoid tax. I can't imagine that she turned to Prince Philip and said, "Phillip, one has found ten million pounds under the mattress and one is wondering how one can avoid being taxed on it?"
When you think about it, the Queen probably doesn't even know what money is as she never uses it. She never ...
How refreshing it has been to see that Boris Johnson has emerged as a man of honour and decency in the Conservative party as others around him are reeling amongst a series of sex scandals.
What the U.K. needs as we spiral towards a 'Shit Deal' Brexit, is decent people who have been firmly in the 'Leave' camp...people like Johnson, Liam Fox and Andrea Loathsome, who was so distressed at her treatment by Michael Fallon (who got resigned last ...