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Come Racing at Windsor!
All summer long we’ve been waiting for some sun, and whew- it’s come! London‘s best kept secret is Windsor races on a Monday night. Whatever racecourse let you arrive by boat? Where else do the stallhandlers bunk off from their … Continue reading
Posted in Horse racing, Olympics, Olympics 2012
Tagged Dorney, England, Eton, Eton College, London, Monday, Monday Night Football, Windsor Star
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Do not be terrorised by anti-terrorism.
I feel like a stranger in my own City. This is not my London that I live in, it is a town that has been handed over to the security forces. We are a town under threat of a “known … Continue reading
Posted in London, Olympics, Olympics 2012
Tagged England, London, Olympic, Olympic Games, River Thames, Security guard, Surface-to-air missile, Thames
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Born to overrun – Springsteen dancing in the park
Last night Hyde Park hosted 80,000 mesmerised spectators who stood in the rain and listened to Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band , joined by Sir Paul McCartney – the legend. Here’s the video footage of the two singing “I saw her standing … Continue reading
Posted in Bankers, Consolation, Greece, happiness, pension playpen, springstee, Springsteen, The Racket of the Lambs
Tagged Bruce Springsteen, BruceSpringsteen, E Street Band, Hard Rock Calling, Hardrock, London, McCartney, Paul McCartney, Springsteen, Steven Van Zandt, Tom Morello, westminster
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Heard the one about the actuary, the investment consultant, the IFA and the lawyer?
At precisely the same time, the Pension Play Pen debated the relative value of actuaries, investment consultants, lawyers and financial advisers to Britain’s future pensioners, but in two different towns. These lunches , which have been taking place since 2009, bring … Continue reading
Immigrant pension taboos
I live in West London – Brentford and Eton (lower Slough). If I want to eat, a curry is the natural choice, if I buy groceries, it’s most likely from an Asian grocer. My Grandfather was the Methodist minister for Hounslow, his … Continue reading
Posted in pensions, religion, Retirement
Tagged Africa, Britain, Eton College, London, pension, Sikh, South Africa, Spanish Banks
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Doctors are pension millionaires – so why are they striking?
My Dad’s a doctor and in retirement – he has a great pension and who can begrudge him it? He retired 25 years ago as a senior partner – on about one third of the final salary he’s be on today. Like him, I … Continue reading
Posted in pensions
Tagged Actuary, BMA, British Medical Association, Canada, Defined benefit pension plan, Doctor (Doctor Who), doctors, Doctors (2000 TV series), Industrial action, London, National Health Service, pension, Price index, Private sector, public sector, Salary, Strike action, Tax, Telegraph
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Some law firms don’t geddit- Clyde and Company come up short.
What a muppet I appear to be! Here is Clyde & Co‘s response to my feedback that I could not find a telephone number for their company on their website Dear Mr Tapper, We are sorry to hear that you … Continue reading
40,000 Londoners get cold at the Olympic Stadium
The “London Prepares” events climaxed last night at the opening of the Olympic Stadium in Siberian Stratford last night. We came, we saw and we left early – underwhelmed by the experience. Which is a little unfair on an event that … Continue reading
Posted in corporate governance, Occupy London, Olympics 2012, Oxford and Cambridge Boat Race
Tagged Athletics, BBC, BUCS, Gabby Logan, London, Matt Dawson, Olmpics 2012, Olympic, Olympic Games, Olympic Park London, Olympic Stadium, Seb Coe, Security, Siberia, Simon Levy, stratford, West Ham, Westfield
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Now I speak actuarial
You can’t laugh out loud in the Institute of Actuaries‘ global HQ in Staple‘s Inn London. You would undoubtedly be ensnared in a giant spreadsheet and gently subsumed by toxic algorithms. Actuaries do not enjoy words, they prefer numbers and when … Continue reading
Trenton Oldfield – send the plonker home!
Trenton Oldfield is the fellow who swam in front of the Oxford and Cambridge crews in yesterday’s 158th boat race. Video here. He is Mr Chippy, an Australian intellectual so carried away by his peculiar world view that he put his … Continue reading
Posted in Oxford and Cambridge Boat Race
Tagged Boat Race, Emily Davison, London, Oxford, River Thames, Royal Society of Arts, Thames, Tideway
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