Maritime researcher and author, specialising in Olympic, Titanic, Britannic and other contemporary liners. (Message via my website’s Contact form.)
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“I think it’s going to change to whole nature of life.”
In 1965, Sir Leon Bagrit spoke to Erskine Childers, Austen Albu and future chancellor Nigel Lawson about the coming age of automation.
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Countries with old populations don’t grow, they struggle under pensions and healthcare obligations, instead of productive investments
Given the demographic trends, we have not seen anything yet. Properties in vast areas will become worthless and investment will drop even further
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The OBR warns that Britain's economy is on an unsustainable footing as an ageing population puts ever more pressure on the public spending. Much of it is driven by the triple lock
* Health spending is projected to rise from 8% of GDP in 2030/31 to 13% of GDP by 2075-76
* State pension spending is projected to rise from 5% of GDP to around 9% of GDP by 2075-76
* Education spending is expected to fall from 4.3% of GDP to 3.4% of GDP because there are fewer children
* The baseline scenario forecasts that spending will rise from 40% of GDP to 49% of GDP
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The government is getting it all wrong with its plans to change the Box 3 asset tax system, writes Luke Staden, founder of Staden Financial Management. buff.ly/r8oB85J
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In the early 90s, Penelope Keith took on a different comedy role to ones in the Good Life and To the Manor Born.
She starred as Jean Price - a new Labour MP navigating the male dominated world of Westminster - in No Job for a Lady 👑
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As a non-native English speaker I must say Marlene’s list is a great showcase of how tricky English can be at times.
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Every time her son has a birthday, his mother takes him to the cemetery to pick up "the present his father gave him." The intention is to keep him alive in the child's memory.
Not every mother would go to these lengths. Kudos to her.
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Some thoughts on Diploma's (#DPLM) recent trading update, Wetherspoon's (#JDW) & UK pubs
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On this day in 1602, the Dutch East India Company was established. This trading company was not only a commercial enterprise but also an instrument of war in the Dutch Republic’s global conflict with Spain. The VOC was the most valuable company of all time.
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'This debate is insanity.'
@JHansonRadio is accused of going after pensioners for claiming young people have it harder today.
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Maritime Madness begins next month!
5 Weeks of RMS Titanic & Olympic episodes!
With Maritime Historians/Authors Richard M. Jones, Cliff Ismay, Mark Chirnside, and Maritime YouTuber Jamie Borsato.
Unmissable.
#Titanic #titanicsinkstonight #WhiteStarLine #ComingSoon
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This FT graph showing the student loans threshold and the minimum wage converging is quite the thing.
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Impossible to understand our moment in history without grasping that for many people reality is increasingly a marginal phenomenon that happens around the edges of screen time.
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The First World War miraculously produced all sorts of high culture. But every year on this day it is worth watching the ending of the greatest sitcom, which somehow managed to catch the tone of remembrance exactly, perfectly right.
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If you feel like you're bad at your job and it's making you depressed, just consider that, as the investigation of the recent heist revealed, the password to access the Louvre's videosurveillance system was "Louvre".
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The lady at the charity shop today told me that she wishes people would clear out their children's old toys in the lead up to Christmas rather than after because she always sees a number of parents in the days before Christmas looking for toys for their little ones who might be strapped for cash. She said there's very rarely anything in just before, but that they get inundated with toys in the days after.
And it really made me think about it in a way I never would have before.
If you know your child is going to get lots of presents from Father Christmas this year, by clearing out your cupboards a few days early, you could make another child's Christmas a lot more special too.
Saw this & thought I'd repost.