Month: July 2025

Big Cats

Museum shops are splendid places to go shopping, particularly for sculptures.

Fund Management

Today there is a greater degree of transparency in financial markets than there has ever been in the history of the world. There is certainly enough free, quickly accessible data for me to manage my own investments.

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Muscat and Oman

  Ian Skeet was in Muscat and Oman from 1966 to 1968 and wrote the first draft of this book a few months after he left. He explains about his book. “Because of the peculiar attitude of Said bin Taimur to visitors, progress, change, publicity and the many other concepts to which most of the… Continue reading Muscat and Oman

Classic Thrillers

Anthony Price has been a great find. I had never heard of him because he has slipped out of fashion like so many writers of his generation in his genre.

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A Sea-change

There has been a sea-change in my lifetime, by which I mean a significant change that has happened gradually.

The Fire Court

“I’m a crime and historical novelist. I’ve written nearly fifty books, three of which have been televised. My awards include the Diamond Dagger of the Crime Writers Association and the Gold Crown of the Historical Writers Association. Who am I?”

Brown Furniture

“Millennials don’t want brown furniture”, writes Arabella Byrne in The Spectator.

Patience is a Virtue

I have been investing in the stock market since I was fifteen. Here is a post about my early trades.

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Delapré Abbey

We are not quite done with Northampton. Delapré Abbey is a short drive outside the town.