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You need remote controlled coffee in the morning", "url": "https://simplelivingsomerset.wordpress.com/2015/09/05/you-dont-need-a-remote-controlled-ikettle-you-need-remote-controlled-coffee-in-the-morning/", "published_at": "2015-09-04T23:11:04+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0cfe8-9525-7077-99e6-d9d7f3b90187", "title": "This correction ain’t all that much yet…", "url": "https://simplelivingsomerset.wordpress.com/2015/08/25/this-correction-aint-all-that-much-yet/", "published_at": "2015-08-25T09:04:15+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0cfe8-9525-7077-99e6-d9d7f427c284", "title": "BTL Investors discover the problems of leverage and tax arbitrage", "url": "https://simplelivingsomerset.wordpress.com/2015/08/24/btl-investors-discover-the-problems-of-leverage/", "published_at": "2015-08-24T08:49:00+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0cfe8-9525-7077-99e6-d9d7f442c51e", "title": "Valuation matters – the dirty counterfactual to steady index investing.", "url": 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"01a0cfe8-9525-7077-99e6-d9d7f63929ca", "title": "Windfall for tourists as Carney trails interest rate rise", "url": "https://simplelivingsomerset.wordpress.com/2015/07/17/windfall-for-tourists-as-carney-trails-interest-rate-rise/", "published_at": "2015-07-17T21:21:47+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0cfe8-9525-7077-99e6-d9d7f6e8050a", "title": "UK government pensions consultation", "url": "https://simplelivingsomerset.wordpress.com/2015/07/15/uk-government-pensions-consultation/", "published_at": "2015-07-15T10:00:58+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0cfe8-a316-7095-a14e-56ad597d2928", "title": "hunting with dogs – class war by the aristocracy", "url": "https://simplelivingsomerset.wordpress.com/2015/07/14/hunting-with-dogs-class-war-by-the-aristocracy/", "published_at": "2015-07-14T15:51:40+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0cfe8-a316-7095-a14e-56ad59dd7073", "title": "the Irresistible Force and the Immovable Object meet again", "url": "https://simplelivingsomerset.wordpress.com/2015/07/13/the-irresistible-force-and-the-immovable-object-meet-again/", "published_at": "2015-07-13T13:32:01+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0cfe8-a316-7095-a14e-56ad5a5beac9", "title": "China doesn’t really seem to get this stock market thing", "url": "https://simplelivingsomerset.wordpress.com/2015/07/09/china-doesnt-really-seem-to-get-this-stock-market-thing/", "published_at": "2015-07-09T09:53:46+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0cfe8-a316-7095-a14e-56ad5b3f01ff", "title": "How do you recognise product quality online?", "url": "https://simplelivingsomerset.wordpress.com/2015/07/07/how-do-you-recognise-product-quality-online/", "published_at": "2015-07-07T18:06:08+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0cfe8-a316-7095-a14e-56ad5bfcf2e1", "title": "A long hot summer, perhaps a Grexit – and hopefully a rescue mission", "url": "https://simplelivingsomerset.wordpress.com/2015/06/29/a-long-hot-summer-perhaps-a-grexit-and-hopefully-a-rescue-mission/", "published_at": "2015-06-29T12:07:37+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0cfe8-a316-7095-a14e-56ad5c676fb2", "title": "Don’t be in thrall to Total Return", "url": "https://simplelivingsomerset.wordpress.com/2015/06/27/dont-be-in-thrall-to-total-return/", "published_at": "2015-06-27T09:46:09+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0cfe8-a316-7095-a14e-56ad5c868500", "title": "Passive income from ebook writing isn’t passive – reflections from Avalon", "url": "https://simplelivingsomerset.wordpress.com/2015/06/24/passive-income-from-writing-isnt-passive-reflections-from-avalon/", "published_at": "2015-06-24T14:16:15+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0cfe8-a316-7095-a14e-56ad5ce01281", "title": "Briefcase and The Hardest Grafter – spectacles pitching the poor against each other", "url": "https://simplelivingsomerset.wordpress.com/2015/05/31/briefcase-and-the-hardest-grafter-spectacles-pitching-the-poor-against-each-other/", "published_at": "2015-05-31T11:17:08+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0cfe8-a316-7095-a14e-56ad5d81cf18", "title": "Middle-Class inflation – it’s big, it’s bad, and it’s eating your lifestyle", "url": "https://simplelivingsomerset.wordpress.com/2015/05/24/middle-class-inflation-its-big-its-bad-and-its-eating-your-lifestyle/", "published_at": "2015-05-24T22:44:42+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0cfe8-a316-7095-a14e-56ad5e3b612b", "title": "How important is a steady income flow to retirees?", "url": "https://simplelivingsomerset.wordpress.com/2015/05/22/how-important-is-a-steady-income-flow-to-retirees/", "published_at": "2015-05-22T14:54:08+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0cfe8-b889-70c6-a1d3-db56d4e2408c", "title": "front-running a DB or State pension with a new Osborne style SIPP", "url": "https://simplelivingsomerset.wordpress.com/2015/05/18/front-running-a-db-or-state-pension-with-a-new-osborne-style-sipp/", "published_at": "2015-05-18T18:39:38+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0cfe8-b889-70c6-a1d3-db56d5a62fdc", "title": "of savings rates, metrics and goals", "url": "https://simplelivingsomerset.wordpress.com/2015/05/15/of-savings-rates-metrics-and-goals/", "published_at": "2015-05-15T10:32:32+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0cfe8-b889-70c6-a1d3-db56d61a542f", "title": "New free OU course on Managing My Investments", "url": "https://simplelivingsomerset.wordpress.com/2015/05/10/new-free-ou-course-on-managing-my-investments/", "published_at": "2015-05-10T12:43:24+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0cfe8-b889-70c6-a1d3-db56d67a92b0", "title": "England’s shy Tories take the day", "url": "https://simplelivingsomerset.wordpress.com/2015/05/09/england-shy-tories/", "published_at": "2015-05-09T17:41:59+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0cfe8-b889-70c6-a1d3-db56d73f92a3", "title": "The ethical investment conundrum", "url": "https://simplelivingsomerset.wordpress.com/2015/05/04/the-ethical-investment-conundrum/", "published_at": "2015-05-04T14:50:50+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0cfe8-b889-70c6-a1d3-db56d80afffa", "title": "Representation without Taxation", "url": "https://simplelivingsomerset.wordpress.com/2015/05/01/representation-without-taxation/", "published_at": "2015-05-01T10:56:04+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0cfe8-b889-70c6-a1d3-db56d82f8bee", "title": "Caledonian Contemplations and an encounter with the Weasel of the Trees", "url": "https://simplelivingsomerset.wordpress.com/2015/04/28/caledonian-contemplations-and-an-encounter-with-the-weasel-of-the-trees/", "published_at": "2015-04-28T13:03:52+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0cfe8-b889-70c6-a1d3-db56d87e8566", "title": "Rust never sleeps – 20% inflation in five years", "url": "https://simplelivingsomerset.wordpress.com/2015/03/30/rust-never-sleeps-20-inflation-in-five-years/", "published_at": "2015-03-30T08:31:28+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0cfe8-b889-70c6-a1d3-db56d911dde6", "title": "how Britain fell back in love with borrowing", "url": "https://simplelivingsomerset.wordpress.com/2015/03/25/how-britain-fell-back-in-love-with-borrowing/", "published_at": "2015-03-25T10:33:50+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0cfe8-b889-70c6-a1d3-db56d93dc443", "title": "Diversifying an HYP with a global index", "url": "https://simplelivingsomerset.wordpress.com/2015/03/24/diversifying-an-hyp-with-a-global-index/", "published_at": "2015-03-24T10:18:51+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0cfe8-d384-70a4-badf-aa39acf951c2", "title": "Why doesn’t the middle class understand how bad their situation is?", "url": "https://simplelivingsomerset.wordpress.com/2015/03/17/why-doesnt-the-middle-class-understand-how-bad-their-situation-is/", "published_at": "2015-03-17T12:50:42+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0cfe8-d385-73f9-8a0f-1790716d0099", "title": "Congratulations to Patrick Pichette of Google, 52 (ret)", "url": "https://simplelivingsomerset.wordpress.com/2015/03/12/congratulations-to-patrick-pichette-of-google/", "published_at": "2015-03-12T15:03:16+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0cfe8-d385-73f9-8a0f-179071c573dc", "title": "The cash conundrum", "url": "https://simplelivingsomerset.wordpress.com/2015/03/10/the-cash-conundrum/", "published_at": "2015-03-10T21:50:41+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0cfe8-d385-73f9-8a0f-1790724fb40a", "title": "Working for The Man post 45 is a risky business", "url": "https://simplelivingsomerset.wordpress.com/2015/03/06/working-for-the-man-post-45-is-a-risky-business/", "published_at": "2015-03-06T19:31:49+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0cfe8-d385-73f9-8a0f-179072a4a8a9", "title": "SIPP opportunities for DB pension workers who want to retire early", "url": "https://simplelivingsomerset.wordpress.com/2015/03/02/sipp-opportunities-for-db-pension-workers-who-want-to-retire-early/", "published_at": "2015-03-02T15:30:55+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0cfe8-d385-73f9-8a0f-17907377dd2c", "title": "others are greedy and the Ermine is fearful", "url": "https://simplelivingsomerset.wordpress.com/2015/02/25/others-are-greedy-and-the-ermine-is-fearful/", "published_at": "2015-02-25T18:11:50+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0cfe8-d385-73f9-8a0f-179073e4f358", "title": "A fun farrago of middle-class folly", "url": "https://simplelivingsomerset.wordpress.com/2015/02/19/a-fun-farrago-of-middle-class-folly/", "published_at": "2015-02-19T16:15:07+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0cfe8-d385-73f9-8a0f-1790742b1a0f", "title": "Zorba the Gr€€k is still skint after five years", "url": "https://simplelivingsomerset.wordpress.com/2015/02/12/zorba-the-greek/", "published_at": "2015-02-12T02:15:42+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0cfe8-d385-73f9-8a0f-1790750db5ff", "title": "Why UK retirees may prefer dividend income – putting the personal into finance", "url": "https://simplelivingsomerset.wordpress.com/2015/02/04/why-uk-retirees-may-prefer-dividend-income-putting-the-personal-into-finance/", "published_at": "2015-02-04T23:12:07+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0cfe8-d385-73f9-8a0f-1790752bcd0b", "title": "George Osborne may help me to live intentionally and spend more", "url": "https://simplelivingsomerset.wordpress.com/2015/01/27/george-osborne-may-help-me-to-live-intentionally-and-spend-more/", "published_at": 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2017

HMRC decide the Ermine’s gone to work for Goldman Sachs, taxes accordingly original ↗

26 Apr 2017

Fear and loathing in Britain’s favourite asset class original ↗

18 Apr 2017

I need a jolly good stock market crash to go along with that 20k annual ISA original ↗

17 Mar 2017

The taxman is coming for your dividends – ISAs are the main defence original ↗

10 Mar 2017

Spring at the Minsmere Bird Reserve original ↗

7 Mar 2017

Papers please – the early retiree as identity cleanskin original ↗

3 Mar 2017

a look back in anger at the endowment, a popular investment of yesteryear original ↗

17 Feb 2017

Of spending time and financial folly original ↗

15 Feb 2017

The Brexit Boost conundrum – this bell tolls for me original ↗

31 Jan 2017

the siren song of the tax-free bung original ↗

27 Jan 2017

A great last year on the markets and a survival plan for 2017 original ↗

10 Jan 2017

2016

An accidental tourist in the world of Matched Betting original ↗

2 Dec 2016

Trump-o-calypse turns into a stock market Meh original ↗

9 Nov 2016

Investing in…the State Pension?original ↗

19 Oct 2016

to live different you must do different original ↗

11 Oct 2016

Earning and working are different things in a post FI world original ↗

27 Sept 2016

The Smartphone as a tool of oppression in the Gig Economy original ↗

13 Sept 2016

Why aren’t the National Trust and the English Heritage the same thing?original ↗

25 Aug 2016

Telegraph to wannabe FI/RE new parents – you must be kidding!original ↗

19 Aug 2016

work as a limiting belief post FI original ↗

15 Aug 2016

Residential property investment success with Castle Trust original ↗

19 Jul 2016

Down the rabbit hole original ↗

12 Jul 2016

Those stock market rises you’re seeing ain’t real, guys original ↗

1 Jul 2016

Brexit damage limitation original ↗

27 Jun 2016

Dude – where are my shares? Brexit across-the-board ISA fail original ↗

24 Jun 2016

Imperial College sends me an indirect message from Oswald Spengler original ↗

20 Jun 2016

create your future with journalling original ↗

10 Jun 2016

So what do you do all day?original ↗

3 Jun 2016

Brexit or not – opportunities and hazards?original ↗

23 May 2016

Buy to let is a rich person’s game – shock alert.original ↗

19 May 2016

learning to spend again – consuming more intentionally this time original ↗

11 May 2016

Journey’s End original ↗

15 Apr 2016

Freedom to, not freedom from is what retirement is about original ↗

24 Mar 2016

It’s easy to feel poor in decadent London original ↗

11 Mar 2016

the great sucking sound of retail investors heading for the hills original ↗

3 Mar 2016

wither pension tax relief and lump sum again?original ↗

23 Feb 2016

An insight into the consumer heart of darkness of watches original ↗

17 Feb 2016

Markets are squiffy again. Pound is also slip-sliding away in the background original ↗

10 Feb 2016

In praise of the pensions lifetime allowance original ↗

4 Feb 2016

it could be you, but it’s incredibly unlikely original ↗

28 Jan 2016

sometimes you just have to hold your nose and do it original ↗

21 Jan 2016

I want to learn to spend a little more, with grace, with gratitude and with a new map original ↗

14 Jan 2016

2015

a look back at 2015 and how does an Ermine return to the middle class?original ↗

30 Dec 2015

A midwinter mystery of the missing TV ads original ↗

23 Dec 2015

Now is the winter of our future consumer selves original ↗

22 Dec 2015

The future of work looks like becoming a relentless rat race original ↗

4 Dec 2015

Black Friday is a good day to live intentionally original ↗

27 Nov 2015

An Ermine finds himself working but not worth training original ↗

26 Nov 2015

The Guardian misinforms punters how to deal with the cost of Christmas original ↗

16 Nov 2015

the penny and the steamroller at Monte Carlo original ↗

14 Nov 2015

The Latte Factor and the Coffee Outlet as Performance Art original ↗

4 Nov 2015

the afternoon fog makes everything look luminous and lovely original ↗

2 Nov 2015

Compound Interest – quantitative takedown original ↗

24 Oct 2015

Compound Interest won’t help you retire early, but it may help you afterwards original ↗

22 Oct 2015

The scientific method according to Coca Cola original ↗

10 Oct 2015

A quick visit to the country of the middle class at the Aldeburgh Food and Drink Festival original ↗

29 Sept 2015

Frugality and the myth of the endless more original ↗

24 Sept 2015

Financial Independence and the cycle of life original ↗

15 Sept 2015

Financial advisers and the triumph of hope over experience original ↗

12 Sept 2015

turning work into performance art by gamesmen original ↗

11 Sept 2015

house prices – finance grabs punters by the balls with the invisible hand of the free market original ↗

7 Sept 2015

You don’t need a remote-controlled iKettle. You need remote controlled coffee in the morning original ↗

4 Sept 2015

This correction ain’t all that much yet…original ↗

25 Aug 2015

BTL Investors discover the problems of leverage and tax arbitrage original ↗

24 Aug 2015

Valuation matters – the dirty counterfactual to steady index investing.original ↗

23 Aug 2015

A distant sound of thunder original ↗

21 Aug 2015

What I learned about financial advice and pension freedoms original ↗

14 Aug 2015

The Ermine has been stitched up by Hargreaves Lansdown original ↗

11 Aug 2015

Windfall for tourists as Carney trails interest rate rise original ↗

17 Jul 2015

UK government pensions consultation original ↗

15 Jul 2015

hunting with dogs – class war by the aristocracy original ↗

14 Jul 2015

the Irresistible Force and the Immovable Object meet again original ↗

13 Jul 2015

China doesn’t really seem to get this stock market thing original ↗

9 Jul 2015

How do you recognise product quality online?original ↗

7 Jul 2015

A long hot summer, perhaps a Grexit – and hopefully a rescue mission original ↗

29 Jun 2015

Don’t be in thrall to Total Return original ↗

27 Jun 2015

Passive income from ebook writing isn’t passive – reflections from Avalon original ↗

24 Jun 2015

Briefcase and The Hardest Grafter – spectacles pitching the poor against each other original ↗

31 May 2015

Middle-Class inflation – it’s big, it’s bad, and it’s eating your lifestyle original ↗

24 May 2015

How important is a steady income flow to retirees?original ↗

22 May 2015

front-running a DB or State pension with a new Osborne style SIPP original ↗

18 May 2015

of savings rates, metrics and goals original ↗

15 May 2015

New free OU course on Managing My Investments original ↗

10 May 2015

England’s shy Tories take the day original ↗

9 May 2015

The ethical investment conundrum original ↗

4 May 2015

Representation without Taxation original ↗

1 May 2015

Caledonian Contemplations and an encounter with the Weasel of the Trees original ↗

28 Apr 2015

Rust never sleeps – 20% inflation in five years original ↗

30 Mar 2015

how Britain fell back in love with borrowing original ↗

25 Mar 2015

Diversifying an HYP with a global index original ↗

24 Mar 2015

Why doesn’t the middle class understand how bad their situation is?original ↗

17 Mar 2015

Congratulations to Patrick Pichette of Google, 52 (ret)original ↗

12 Mar 2015

The cash conundrum original ↗

10 Mar 2015

Working for The Man post 45 is a risky business original ↗

6 Mar 2015

SIPP opportunities for DB pension workers who want to retire early original ↗

2 Mar 2015

others are greedy and the Ermine is fearful original ↗

25 Feb 2015

A fun farrago of middle-class folly original ↗

19 Feb 2015

Zorba the Gr€€k is still skint after five years original ↗

12 Feb 2015

Why UK retirees may prefer dividend income – putting the personal into finance original ↗

4 Feb 2015

George Osborne may help me to live intentionally and spend more original ↗

27 Jan 2015