Martin Lewis Lowest point of the week for many in the U.K. was the much-dreaded energy price cap, which was announced on Friday.  At  £3,549 a year, it was just as feared, but had now become a reality, and this at a time when we are effectively without a government, and the two incumbent choices […]

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Darius Danesh (1980 – 2022) “He couldn’t have been a nicer, warmer guest [to The Kumars at No. 42] with a great sense of self-deprecation.” ~ Sanjeev Bhaskar Do you remember Darius Danesh?  Who could forget his falsetto rendering of “Baby One More Time” in Popstars in 2001?  Sadly, we heard this week that he […]

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Olivia Newton-John (1948 – 2022) “People don’t want to hear that you’re nice, but that’s what  I am.  In fact, I’m pretty boring” ~ Olivia Newton-John Singer and Actress Olivia Newton-John died this week at the age of 73.  She made her mark on this world in several ways, not least in promoting health research, […]

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Nancy Pelosi “The world faces a choice between autocracy and democracy” ~ Nancy Pelosi Nancy Pelosi (Speaker of the House of Representatives in the U.S.) paid a risky visit to Taiwan this week, reportedly against the wishes of Joe Biden.  This is the second blog I have written about her, the first being in January […]

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