Tag Archives: Manchester

Stop moaning Britain!

Posted on July 30, 2012 by henry tapper

I am in Manchester , it is raining- Jenny K is tweeting there’s no such verb  as “to medal”, the pensions world is indignant but I have the sun strapped over my shoulder and shout out “cheer up, stop moaning and enjoy the … Continue reading →

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Olympic paranoia at Old Trafford

Posted on May 10, 2012 by henry tapper

Chatting with a steward outside Old Trafford we talked of the Olympic Stadium. I told him about my family’s trip there on Saturday. He told me about Old Trafford. They get 75,000 people on a matchday- they know how to … Continue reading →

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Will the Big Society sort pensions?

Posted on October 23, 2011 by henry tapper

When people get to their sixties, they are faced with some big choices. There are life-style choices as they face up to their bodies not being able to do what they once did and their brains not being quite as quick as they … Continue reading →

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DC Risk sharing aux etats de Jersey

Posted on October 21, 2011 by henry tapper

  A year ago I wrote of the NAPF 2010 gig as our train departed Lime Street. I’m writing as my train pulls out of Piccadilly-Joanne may be aboard. I hope she’s not bought another first class ticket as this train has been … Continue reading →

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24 cheers for The Pension Play Pen Lunch

Posted on October 13, 2011 by henry tapper

There’s a fine tradition in this country of people getting together in coffee houses and taverns and sorting out how and with whom business should be transacted. This was how the insurance market was founded in London and it still is how … Continue reading →

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From the Piccadilly tram

Posted on September 28, 2011 by henry tapper

I have long wanted to go to work on a tram, through Salford. I write to you from Media City tram stop. I am bypassing the “Lowry Corporate wi-fi network” though the thought of Lowry endorsing  mobile blogging appeals. Instead, courtesy … Continue reading →

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Life in the fast lane

Posted on August 22, 2011 by henry tapper

I am writing to you from the fast lane of the M3 adjacent to Bracknell. Is writing therapeutic? I am not sure, but I suspect that you are probably asking yourself whether I am writing and driving at the same … Continue reading →

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Blog from a bus

Posted on June 16, 2011 by henry tapper

I’ve never blogged from a bus before but this one’s going so slowly up to Hammersmith from Brentford that I’m blogging to keep myself awake- hope I don’t put you to sleep.

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Couldn’t have put it better myself

Posted on May 11, 2011 by henry tapper

“In a year’s time”, he says, “it will almost certainly look totally different to this”. Continue reading →

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Which half of me is a woman?

Posted on March 1, 2011 by henry tapper

Henceforward I will deem myself unisex in all things. How delightful to have become if not the fairer, at least as fair a sex!

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