Introduction Having not had a holiday since early June my girlfriend and I were very excited to get some late summer sun in the Côte D’Azur (French Riviera) at the end of September. Having well timed flights meant we’d have 4 days in both Nice & Antibes. The Côte D’Azur was somewhere I’d heard excellent things about but, apart from a short break with my parents & sister in Menton more than 10 years ago – which included a half day in…
History and Background On face value the topic of current accounts is not the world’s most interesting, however given the continued low level of interest rates, after more than 7 years of a 0.5% interest rate the Bank of England cut it further to 0.25% in August 2016, and the recent slashing of perks in current account rates, finding the right current account has become very important to those who are looking to save some money in one of the…
Introduction Gin has become very fashionable in recent years, and millennials have been key in driving this revival. In a similar way that craft beer has massively taken off in the last 3-5 years so has craft gin, in fact the number of gin distilleries in Britain has doubled in just 6 years, from 2010 – 2016. This means two important things: firstly, there are now a lot of so called ‘experts’ who actually know very little and it’s always…
Whilst book reviews are a core and fundamental part of my website Johann Hari’s ‘Chasing the Scream’ may not immediately jump out to you as fitting in with the wider theme. The reason I read this book and wanted to share the key things I found out and learnt from the book is because we millennials will one day soon be the generation running the world, and we have the opportunity to learn the lessons of the failed ‘War…
Introduction The concept of passion is an emotive and contentious topic, a thorny issue and that’s why I want to cover it. Is it a good thing (an enabler) or a bad thing (constraint)? Let me start with a brief definition so we are all on the same page, I am defining a passion as something which you have a strong and intense love for, or interest in. I have two fundamental views on the importance and role of…