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Healthy life-expectancy starting to nose-dive?

The latest Office for national Statistics data (Healthy life expectancy, UK – Office for National Statistics) makes grim reading for everyone and worse for women.  Our expectations of living well seem to be going south. “In 2022 to 2024:  Males…

Healthy life-expectancy starting to nose-dive?

The latest Office for national Statistics data (Healthy life expectancy, UK – Office for National Statistics) makes grim reading for everyone and worse for women.  Our expectations of living well seem to be going south. “In 2022 to 2024:  Males…

Ladies who lunch.

Not quite singing for my supper but I was talking for my lunch last week at the Lee-on-the-Solent golf club with a fascinating group of very welcoming local ladies.  One lived just around the corner, another had served with the…

Ladies who lunch.

Not quite singing for my supper but I was talking for my lunch last week at the Lee-on-the-Solent golf club with a fascinating group of very welcoming local ladies.  One lived just around the corner, another had served with the…

Latest from HMRC

  PERSONAL TAX Stay alert: HMRC warns of Self Assessment scams HMRC has received reports of more than 4,800 Self Assessment scams since February 2025, with more than 135,500 suspected scam reports made in the past 10 months. Scammers often mimic HMRC, sending fake tax demands or refund offers to steal personal information. Ahead…

Even a blind person…

Yes, I do flower arranging too.  Here’s a simple hand-tied posy which works well with those hollow-stemmed tulips and daffodils.  Just a bit of greenery and some tape to hold the lot together.  Simple! And January is the time to…

Even a blind person…

Yes, I do flower arranging too.  Here’s a simple hand-tied posy which works well with those hollow-stemmed tulips and daffodils.  Just a bit of greenery and some tape to hold the lot together.  Simple! And January is the time to…

E.F Benson Mapp and Lucia series.

I spent many very happy summer holidays in Rye (in Sussex) where my grandmother and aunt lived for many years.  Days of exploring the little historic town that sits atop a hill rising from the river flood plains. It has…

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