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The Royal Parks

Everyone’s at it – I mean making money out of car owners. And why not? If you can afford to run a car you can afford all the FPNs (Fixed Penalty Notices) and car parking charges. So why is parking free in the Royal Parks?

Around the Houses

George II gave 10 Downing Street to the government to provide a home in perpetuity for Prime Ministers and First Lords of the Treasury in 1735. At the time Robert Walpole was PM.

Big Spender

  My grandfather, rather often, used to say philosophically: “The weather is improving – for the worse”.

Charity

I joined Kiva more than seven years ago and, from a modest input of $184, have lent $1,150 to borrowers in forty-four countries.

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The Knights Templar and Ireland

This ivory medal belonged to Lord Macnaghten, President of the Benevolent Society of St Patrick in 1888. His descendants, Charles and Jane Macnaghten, presented it to today’s President, Judge Patrick Clyne.

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On the Road

In June 2017 I bought Aberdeen Japan Investment Trust. Yesterday I sold out.