Brooding

There’s plenty of bad news around in the UK, EU and globally. Much closer to home, my home, there’s mostly good news.

Fools’ Silver

Shareholders are often victims of Stockholm Syndrome – I’m no exception.

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Himself and I

My paternal grandparents left Ireland with my father in a hurry during the Troubles. They came back to Barmeath in 1938. Hitherto my grandfather had only been there on holiday as a child.

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February Quotations

Thank Heaven! the crisis, The danger, is past, And the lingering illness Is over at last— And the fever called “Living” Is conquered at last. (For Annie, Edgar Allan Poe)

Go Electric

Tesla cars are gratifyingly expensive if, like me, you are a shareholder in Scottish Mortgage and other tech funds. There are at least two Teslas in Margravine Gardens.

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Golden Hill

“A tour de force … alive with tantalising twists and turns … Dazzlingly written.” (The Sunday Times, Novel of the Year)

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Sex in the City

Warning. Today’s post has sexual content that may be offensive to some readers.

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The Fourth Way

There was a post about Colet House about four years ago so I expect you remember it.