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41554 blogs · [ { "id": "01a0cfe8-eb03-7271-acc5-9aa9f3154e24", "title": "City or country – where you live matters in the budget for early retirement", "url": "https://simplelivingsomerset.wordpress.com/2015/01/15/where-you-live-matters-in-the-budget-for-early-retirement/", "published_at": "2015-01-15T22:56:36+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0cfe8-eb04-72aa-a4e0-05df67261b71", "title": "Here’s to interesting times in 2015", "url": "https://simplelivingsomerset.wordpress.com/2015/01/04/heres-to-interesting-times-in-2015/", "published_at": "2015-01-04T13:12:47+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0cfe8-eb04-72aa-a4e0-05df677e3cc7", "title": "The case for a Universal Income", "url": "https://simplelivingsomerset.wordpress.com/2014/12/09/the-case-for-a-universal-income/", "published_at": "2014-12-09T12:59:33+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0cfe8-eb04-72aa-a4e0-05df681f0a94", "title": "Dear Mr TV Licensing. The Ermine has no TV licence…", "url": "https://simplelivingsomerset.wordpress.com/2014/11/30/dear-mr-tv-licensing-the-ermine-has-no-tv-licence/", "published_at": "2014-11-30T18:38:18+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0cfe8-eb04-72aa-a4e0-05df6880006a", "title": "Today is the official spendy frenzy of Black Friday and it’s time to", "url": "https://simplelivingsomerset.wordpress.com/2014/11/28/today-is-the-official-spendy-frenzy-of-black-friday-and-its-time-to/", "published_at": "2014-11-28T12:53:51+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0cfe8-eb04-72aa-a4e0-05df697f705e", "title": "I read the news today, oh boy…", "url": "https://simplelivingsomerset.wordpress.com/2014/11/26/i-read-the-news-today-oh-boy/", "published_at": "2014-11-26T19:25:00+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0cfe8-eb04-72aa-a4e0-05df6a0176cf", "title": "Sometimes you should not be allowed to do what you want to do", "url": "https://simplelivingsomerset.wordpress.com/2014/11/11/sometimes-you-should-not-be-allowed-to-do-what-you-want-to-do/", "published_at": "2014-11-11T23:46:20+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0cfe8-eb04-72aa-a4e0-05df6a685e87", "title": "Work is but a stage of Life", "url": "https://simplelivingsomerset.wordpress.com/2014/11/05/work-is-but-a-stage-of-life/", "published_at": "2014-11-05T12:08:58+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0cfe8-eb04-72aa-a4e0-05df6b3a6ab4", "title": "Financial Foolhardiness is Forgivable in the young, not old Fogeys", "url": "https://simplelivingsomerset.wordpress.com/2014/10/29/financial-foolhardiness-is-forgivable-in-the-young-not-old-fogeys/", "published_at": "2014-10-29T11:01:55+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0cfe8-eb04-72aa-a4e0-05df6c18bc9e", "title": "The difficulty of managing money in silos", "url": "https://simplelivingsomerset.wordpress.com/2014/10/16/the-difficulty-of-managing-money-in-silos/", "published_at": "2014-10-16T10:32:06+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0cfe9-0b0b-73fb-954d-f709e28a0a30", "title": "The incredible lure of day-trading", "url": "https://simplelivingsomerset.wordpress.com/2014/10/10/the-incredible-lure-of-day-trading/", "published_at": "2014-10-10T11:42:36+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0cfe9-0b0b-73fb-954d-f709e2eea30d", "title": "the season of mellow fruitfulness is on us", "url": "https://simplelivingsomerset.wordpress.com/2014/10/07/the-season-of-mellow-fruitfulness-is-on-us/", "published_at": "2014-10-07T19:48:53+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0cfe9-0b0c-70d9-ad1e-a5b59ab325ce", "title": "It’s Election year, lots of lovely pork is up for grabs", "url": "https://simplelivingsomerset.wordpress.com/2014/10/02/its-election-year-lots-of-lovely-pork-is-up-for-grabs/", "published_at": "2014-10-02T18:54:49+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0cfe9-0b0c-70d9-ad1e-a5b59ac8fc72", "title": "the trials and tribulations of the rich poor", "url": "https://simplelivingsomerset.wordpress.com/2014/09/23/the-trials-and-tribulations-of-the-rich-poor/", "published_at": "2014-09-23T12:42:24+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0cfe9-0b0c-70d9-ad1e-a5b59b6728d4", "title": "Financial Independence is about more than money", "url": "https://simplelivingsomerset.wordpress.com/2014/09/16/financial-independence-is-about-more-than-money/", "published_at": "2014-09-16T10:18:53+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0cfe9-0b0c-70d9-ad1e-a5b59b6aee7f", "title": "Cash ISAs are king, it appears", "url": "https://simplelivingsomerset.wordpress.com/2014/08/28/cash-isas-are-king-it-appears/", "published_at": "2014-08-28T19:43:22+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0cfe9-0b0c-70d9-ad1e-a5b59c4fb847", "title": "Self-seeking vacuum cleaner manufacturers lambast energy efficiency moves", "url": "https://simplelivingsomerset.wordpress.com/2014/08/22/self-seeking-vacuum-cleaner-manufacturers-lambast-energy-efficiency-moves/", "published_at": "2014-08-22T10:49:06+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0cfe9-0b0c-70d9-ad1e-a5b59cbef4d6", "title": "What will the power shift from labour to capital make things look like?", "url": "https://simplelivingsomerset.wordpress.com/2014/08/15/what-will-the-power-shift-from-labour-to-capital-make-things-look-like/", "published_at": "2014-08-15T17:30:21+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0cfe9-0b0c-70d9-ad1e-a5b59d5918a3", "title": "Supermoon reflections", "url": "https://simplelivingsomerset.wordpress.com/2014/08/11/supermoon-reflections/", "published_at": "2014-08-11T13:52:50+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0cfe9-0b0c-70d9-ad1e-a5b59de25b39", "title": "Life After Growth", "url": "https://simplelivingsomerset.wordpress.com/2014/08/07/life-after-growth/", "published_at": "2014-08-07T12:08:52+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0cfe9-1e45-715f-8a84-f1f519fc61ac", "title": "The real way to make money using old pallets is to be Blake Lively", "url": "https://simplelivingsomerset.wordpress.com/2014/07/23/the-real-way-to-make-money-using-old-pallets-is-to-be-blake-lively/", "published_at": "2014-07-23T10:20:17+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0cfe9-1e45-715f-8a84-f1f51ac910ca", "title": "Time for homage to the Holly King", "url": "https://simplelivingsomerset.wordpress.com/2014/07/21/time-for-homage-to-the-holly-king/", "published_at": "2014-07-21T11:35:57+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0cfe9-1e45-715f-8a84-f1f51aea4d6a", "title": "Today I shall live like a king", "url": "https://simplelivingsomerset.wordpress.com/2014/07/18/today-i-shall-live-like-a-king/", "published_at": "2014-07-18T14:38:28+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0cfe9-1e45-715f-8a84-f1f51aeb8eac", "title": "Fight consumerism – get time on your side", "url": "https://simplelivingsomerset.wordpress.com/2014/07/09/fight-consumerism-get-time-on-your-side/", "published_at": "2014-07-09T06:11:52+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0cfe9-1e45-715f-8a84-f1f51bcdfbe0", "title": "Ralph Borsodi, and a codicil to Two Years on", "url": "https://simplelivingsomerset.wordpress.com/2014/07/03/ralph-borsodi-and-a-codicil-to-two-years-on/", "published_at": "2014-07-03T08:37:33+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0cfe9-1e45-715f-8a84-f1f51c81cffb", "title": "Two years in – how’s that early retirement working out", "url": "https://simplelivingsomerset.wordpress.com/2014/06/18/two-years-in-hows-that-early-retirement-working-out/", "published_at": "2014-06-18T20:46:35+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0cfe9-1e45-715f-8a84-f1f51cd1dc03", "title": "families on the financial brink – this isn’t going to get easier", "url": "https://simplelivingsomerset.wordpress.com/2014/06/10/families-on-the-financial-brink-this-isnt-going-to-get-easier/", "published_at": "2014-06-10T18:18:30+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0cfe9-1e45-715f-8a84-f1f51d5c6ebd", "title": "Dear Amazon. Want more than 40%? Quite frankly, stick it", "url": "https://simplelivingsomerset.wordpress.com/2014/06/03/dear-amazon-want-more-than-40-quite-frankly-stick-it/", "published_at": "2014-06-03T13:12:14+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0cfe9-1e45-715f-8a84-f1f51e10f47a", "title": "Why Compound Interest won’t help you retire early", "url": "https://simplelivingsomerset.wordpress.com/2014/05/30/why-compound-interest-wont-help-you-retire-early/", "published_at": "2014-05-30T14:18:13+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0cfe9-1e45-715f-8a84-f1f51e33108c", "title": "Hello Mr Putin, fancy meeting you here?", "url": "https://simplelivingsomerset.wordpress.com/2014/05/27/hello-mr-putin-fancy-meeting-you-here/", "published_at": "2014-05-27T16:35:43+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0cfe9-3326-71c3-a4ea-c3d3dd7035fe", "title": "Dear Mr Gove. Do not be such a parochial prat", "url": "https://simplelivingsomerset.wordpress.com/2014/05/25/dear-mr-gove-do-not-be-such-a-parochial-prat/", "published_at": "2014-05-25T20:16:54+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0cfe9-3326-71c3-a4ea-c3d3dd946a90", "title": "The subtle way Hargreaves Lansdown make their money", "url": "https://simplelivingsomerset.wordpress.com/2014/05/23/the-subtle-way-hargreaves-lansdown-make-their-money/", "published_at": "2014-05-23T11:43:24+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0cfe9-3326-71c3-a4ea-c3d3ddff4691", "title": "The sleep of Reason is producing monsters in the UK", "url": "https://simplelivingsomerset.wordpress.com/2014/05/13/the-sleep-of-reason-is-producing-monsters-in-the-uk/", "published_at": "2014-05-13T13:51:23+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0cfe9-3326-71c3-a4ea-c3d3de26e10d", "title": "The Scotland problem", "url": "https://simplelivingsomerset.wordpress.com/2014/05/11/the-scotland-problem/", "published_at": "2014-05-11T09:58:26+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0cfe9-3326-71c3-a4ea-c3d3de6b3bdd", "title": "The Squeezed Middle are Doomed", "url": "https://simplelivingsomerset.wordpress.com/2014/05/07/the-squeezed-middle-are-doomed/", "published_at": "2014-05-07T15:51:45+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0cfe9-3326-71c3-a4ea-c3d3df0ed60f", "title": "There is trouble burning underground in Britain", "url": "https://simplelivingsomerset.wordpress.com/2014/05/03/there-is-trouble-burning-underground-in-britain/", "published_at": "2014-05-03T08:22:22+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0cfe9-3326-71c3-a4ea-c3d3e006459f", "title": "Mortgage income multiples and affordability", "url": "https://simplelivingsomerset.wordpress.com/2014/04/11/mortgage-income-multiples-and-affordability/", "published_at": "2014-04-11T15:36:07+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0cfe9-3326-71c3-a4ea-c3d3e0baa216", "title": "The Ghost of Negative Equity will stalk the land again – a cautionary mortgage tale from 25 years ago", "url": "https://simplelivingsomerset.wordpress.com/2014/04/06/when-not-to-buy-a-house-a-cautonary-tale-from-a-quarter-of-a-century-ago/", "published_at": "2014-04-06T21:40:34+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0cfe9-3326-71c3-a4ea-c3d3e0c91b27", "title": "Hargreaves Lansdown saves the day at the eleventh hour of the old tax year", "url": "https://simplelivingsomerset.wordpress.com/2014/04/04/hargreaves-lansdown-saves-the-day-at-the-eleventh-hour-of-the-old-tax-year/", "published_at": "2014-04-04T11:07:22+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0cfe9-3326-71c3-a4ea-c3d3e10a4ae3", "title": "a little bit of Africa comes to Suffolk", "url": "https://simplelivingsomerset.wordpress.com/2014/04/02/a-little-bit-of-africa-comes-to-suffolk/", "published_at": "2014-04-02T15:26:06+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0cfe9-4e07-7057-8d32-03c5a2a4dc8b", "title": "How a short pension can help early retirement around 55, and why annuities deserve a better press", "url": "https://simplelivingsomerset.wordpress.com/2014/03/31/how-a-short-pension-can-help-early-retirement-around-55-and-why-annuities-deserve-a-better-press/", "published_at": "2014-03-31T21:10:42+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0cfe9-4e07-7057-8d32-03c5a31bf38f", "title": "the misery of metrics and measurements destroying job satisfaction", "url": "https://simplelivingsomerset.wordpress.com/2014/03/27/the-misery-of-metrics-and-measurements-destroying-job-satisfaction/", "published_at": "2014-03-27T10:29:52+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0cfe9-4e07-7057-8d32-03c5a3268588", "title": "calling all late 40s+ wannabe early retirees – your ship’s come in…", "url": "https://simplelivingsomerset.wordpress.com/2014/03/23/40s-early-retirees-your-boat-come-in/", "published_at": "2014-03-23T19:25:48+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0cfe9-4e07-7057-8d32-03c5a370617e", "title": "why is the ISA season now, and what’s with the new 15k limit then?", "url": "https://simplelivingsomerset.wordpress.com/2014/03/19/why-is-the-isa-season-now-and-whats-with-the-new-15k-limit-then/", "published_at": "2014-03-19T14:38:24+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0cfe9-4e07-7057-8d32-03c5a3fb47d0", "title": "Capitalism, crowdfunding and gadgetry", "url": "https://simplelivingsomerset.wordpress.com/2014/03/06/capitalism-crowdfunding-and-gadgetry/", "published_at": "2014-03-06T16:31:53+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0cfe9-4e07-7057-8d32-03c5a487bf82", "title": "Doom and Death Spiral Deliberations", "url": "https://simplelivingsomerset.wordpress.com/2014/03/02/doom-and-death-spiral-deliberations/", "published_at": "2014-03-02T16:15:55+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0cfe9-4e07-7057-8d32-03c5a4a725e1", "title": "A cautionary housing tale from a quarter of a century ago", "url": "https://simplelivingsomerset.wordpress.com/2014/02/28/a-cautionary-housing-tale-from-a-quarter-of-a-century-ago/", "published_at": "2014-02-28T12:37:35+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0cfe9-4e07-7057-8d32-03c5a55419d3", "title": "Stockpickers and indexers alike – aren’t you a little bit fearful…?", "url": "https://simplelivingsomerset.wordpress.com/2014/02/26/stockpickers-and-indexers-alike-arent-you-a-little-bit-fearful/", "published_at": "2014-02-26T19:29:27+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0cfe9-4e07-7057-8d32-03c5a5d426d4", "title": "Vanguard Lifestrategy has a lot going for it. Shame you have to buy it all at once", "url": "https://simplelivingsomerset.wordpress.com/2014/02/24/vanguard-lifestrategy-buying-at-once/", "published_at": "2014-02-24T12:53:31+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0cfe9-4e07-7057-8d32-03c5a63738c2", "title": "Beating the market is really hard…but is it actually what you want to do?", "url": "https://simplelivingsomerset.wordpress.com/2014/02/20/beating-the-market-is-really-hard-but-is-it-actually-what-you-want-to-do/", "published_at": "2014-02-20T17:36:09+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0cfe9-6405-70ca-b1b0-53059b72d3e7", "title": "Owen Paterson: GM science good, Climate Change science bad", "url": "https://simplelivingsomerset.wordpress.com/2014/02/13/owen-paterson-likes-to-pick-and-choose-his-science/", "published_at": "2014-02-13T11:41:05+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0cfe9-6405-70ca-b1b0-53059c469b4a", "title": "how much work can you withstand?", "url": "https://simplelivingsomerset.wordpress.com/2014/02/06/how-much-work-can-you-withstand/", "published_at": "2014-02-06T17:01:58+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0cfe9-6405-70ca-b1b0-53059d03e699", "title": "More Interesting times in the markets, oy vey…", "url": "https://simplelivingsomerset.wordpress.com/2014/01/24/more-interesting-times-in-the-markets-oy-vey/", "published_at": "2014-01-24T15:33:18+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0cfe9-6405-70ca-b1b0-53059dba47c2", "title": "empty metrics are strangling vision and leadership", "url": "https://simplelivingsomerset.wordpress.com/2014/01/22/empty-metrics-are-strangling-vision-and-leadership/", "published_at": "2014-01-22T17:28:47+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0cfe9-6405-70ca-b1b0-53059de5cd7b", "title": "Dividend tax credits count for Gift Aid", "url": "https://simplelivingsomerset.wordpress.com/2014/01/13/dividend-tax-credits-count-for-gift-aid/", "published_at": "2014-01-13T19:04:55+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0cfe9-6405-70ca-b1b0-53059e0c596f", "title": "What looks interesting in 2014 then?", "url": "https://simplelivingsomerset.wordpress.com/2014/01/06/what-looks-interesting-in-2014-then/", "published_at": "2014-01-06T13:23:17+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0cfe9-6405-70ca-b1b0-53059ecb597f", "title": "Isaac Asimov’s visit to the World Fair of 2014 – 50 years ago", "url": "https://simplelivingsomerset.wordpress.com/2014/01/03/isaac-asimovs-visit-to-the-world-fair-of-2014-50-years-ago/", "published_at": "2014-01-03T00:56:56+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0cfe9-6405-70ca-b1b0-53059fa93d6c", "title": "living standards are going down because of a power shift from labour to capital", "url": "https://simplelivingsomerset.wordpress.com/2013/12/11/living-standards-are-going-down-because-of-a-power-shift-from-labour-to-capital/", "published_at": "2013-12-11T21:24:41+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0cfe9-6405-70ca-b1b0-5305a02d5e67", "title": "Interesting times on the stock market again?", "url": "https://simplelivingsomerset.wordpress.com/2013/12/05/interesting-times-on-the-stock-market-again/", "published_at": "2013-12-05T16:50:38+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0cfe9-6405-70ca-b1b0-5305a089d999", "title": "UK OECD PISA scores – the hand-wringing starts again…", "url": "https://simplelivingsomerset.wordpress.com/2013/12/04/uk-oecd-pisa-scores-the-hand-wringing-starts-again/", "published_at": "2013-12-04T00:15:16+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0cfe9-74bb-706c-8ea1-3ff1b60b0412", "title": "Energy efficiency for the poor is a matter for taxation, not arbitrary levies", "url": "https://simplelivingsomerset.wordpress.com/2013/11/29/energy-efficiency-for-the-poor-is-a-matter-of-taxation-not-arbitrary-levies/", "published_at": "2013-11-29T17:17:08+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0cfe9-74bb-706c-8ea1-3ff1b639b48f", "title": "A Genius way of qualifying Needs and Wants", "url": "https://simplelivingsomerset.wordpress.com/2013/11/27/a-genius-way-of-qualifying-needs-and-wants/", "published_at": "2013-11-27T23:00:13+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0cfe9-74bb-706c-8ea1-3ff1b71a76d8", "title": "Come Swine with Us – oh by the way somebody’s left a great big blue cock behind in Trafalgar Square", "url": "https://simplelivingsomerset.wordpress.com/2013/11/25/come-swine-with-us-oh-by-the-way-somebodys-left-a-great-big-blue-cock-behind-in-trafalgar-square/", "published_at": "2013-11-25T10:51:23+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0cfe9-74bb-706c-8ea1-3ff1b7b5fbdf", "title": "Poundland are cynical con-artists", "url": "https://simplelivingsomerset.wordpress.com/2013/11/10/poundland-are-cynical-con-artists/", "published_at": "2013-11-10T18:08:51+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0cfe9-74bc-7312-ac0a-78be26a804dd", "title": "It’s not the bad guys like Wonga who won, it’s the good guys who lost by playing on their patch…", "url": "https://simplelivingsomerset.wordpress.com/2013/11/08/its-not-the-bad-guys-like-wonga-who-won-its-the-good-guys-who-lost-by-playing-on-their-patch/", "published_at": "2013-11-08T17:32:08+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0cfe9-74bc-7312-ac0a-78be2711ef7f", "title": "I’ve still got no idea what we are doing up here, mate. There’ll be trouble brewing…", "url": "https://simplelivingsomerset.wordpress.com/2013/11/01/ive-still-got-no-idea-what-we-are-doing-up-here-mate-therell-be-trouble-brewing/", "published_at": "2013-11-01T20:57:22+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0cfe9-74bc-7312-ac0a-78be2801aa70", "title": "create more, consume less – it’s cheaper and more fun", "url": "https://simplelivingsomerset.wordpress.com/2013/10/27/create-more-consume-less/", "published_at": "2013-10-27T18:18:13+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0cfe9-74bc-7312-ac0a-78be28214920", "title": "the Ermine gets away with not getting struck off the Royal Mail IPO", "url": "https://simplelivingsomerset.wordpress.com/2013/10/11/the-ermine-gets-away-with-not-getting-struck-off-the-royal-mail-ipo/", "published_at": "2013-10-11T13:20:50+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0cfe9-74bc-7312-ac0a-78be28d922b5", "title": "Frozen supermarket food has more vitamins and antioxidants than fresh", "url": "https://simplelivingsomerset.wordpress.com/2013/10/09/frozen-supermarket-food-has-more-vitamins-and-antioxidants-than-fresh/", "published_at": "2013-10-09T19:55:57+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0cfe9-74bc-7312-ac0a-78be298456b4", "title": "School leavers falling behind in Literacy and Numeracy according to the OECD – Not", "url": "https://simplelivingsomerset.wordpress.com/2013/10/08/school-leavers-falling-behind-in-literacy-and-numeracy-according-to-the-oecd/", "published_at": "2013-10-08T13:02:47+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0cfe9-8474-7394-9afc-0f2f57aff23b", "title": "We’re back to paying people to dig holes, and paying others to fill them in again with IDS", "url": "https://simplelivingsomerset.wordpress.com/2013/10/04/were-back-to-paying-people-to-dig-holes-and-paying-others-to-fill-them-in-again-with-ids/", "published_at": "2013-10-04T13:40:36+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0cfe9-8474-7394-9afc-0f2f58677afa", "title": "When we are lender of last resort, we take your soul", "url": "https://simplelivingsomerset.wordpress.com/2013/09/26/when-we-are-lender-of-last-resort-we-take-your-soul/", "published_at": "2013-09-26T11:48:02+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0cfe9-8474-7394-9afc-0f2f58fbf584", "title": "your pension should be worth more than your house by the time you retire", "url": "https://simplelivingsomerset.wordpress.com/2013/09/24/your-pension-should-be-worth-more-than-your-house-by-the-time-you-retire/", "published_at": "2013-09-24T19:04:34+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0cfe9-8474-7394-9afc-0f2f594ddb62", "title": "being in the rat-race made me spend badly", "url": "https://simplelivingsomerset.wordpress.com/2013/09/14/being-in-the-rat-race-made-me-spend-badly/", "published_at": "2013-09-14T11:30:23+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0cfe9-8474-7394-9afc-0f2f5a205cfc", "title": "James Dyson moans he can’t get enough engineers He is part of the problem", "url": "https://simplelivingsomerset.wordpress.com/2013/09/09/james-dyson-moans-he-cant-get-enough-engineers-he-is-part-of-the-problem/", "published_at": "2013-09-09T14:14:27+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0cfe9-8474-7394-9afc-0f2f5a689945", "title": "Buy to the sound of gunfire, sell on the sound of trumpets", "url": "https://simplelivingsomerset.wordpress.com/2013/09/03/buy-to-the-sound-of-gunfire-sell-on-the-sound-of-trumpets/", "published_at": "2013-09-03T19:14:42+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0cfe9-8474-7394-9afc-0f2f5b134cb4", "title": "Flânerie – and the drumbeats of war again?", "url": "https://simplelivingsomerset.wordpress.com/2013/08/27/flanerie-and-the-drumbeats-of-war-again/", "published_at": "2013-08-27T19:20:10+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0cfe9-8474-7394-9afc-0f2f5b62cb23", "title": "what is the point of University?", "url": "https://simplelivingsomerset.wordpress.com/2013/08/15/what-is-the-point-of-university/", "published_at": "2013-08-15T15:44:36+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0cfe9-8474-7394-9afc-0f2f5bbdd874", "title": "Why your spending may not be lower in retirement in future", "url": "https://simplelivingsomerset.wordpress.com/2013/08/13/why-your-spending-may-not-be-lower-in-retirement-in-future/", "published_at": "2013-08-13T19:35:00+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0cfe9-8474-7394-9afc-0f2f5c1ddb97", "title": "The festival of Lammas, and tales from the dark side", "url": "https://simplelivingsomerset.wordpress.com/2013/08/01/festival-of-lammas/", "published_at": "2013-08-01T08:07:49+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0cfe9-8da6-72e2-9ba8-e65e2c39f395", "title": "Work isn’t Fun – Scientific Study reports", "url": "https://simplelivingsomerset.wordpress.com/2013/07/27/work-isnt-fun-scientific-study-reports/", "published_at": "2013-07-27T20:25:56+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0cfe9-8da6-72e2-9ba8-e65e2c49ba50", "title": "Help To Buy. It’s time to get on board", "url": "https://simplelivingsomerset.wordpress.com/2013/07/24/help-to-buy-its-time-to-get-on-board-2/", "published_at": "2013-07-24T18:04:52+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0cfe9-8da6-72e2-9ba8-e65e2d1f8d2a", "title": "When is 0% not 0% and £5 not £5 – when you ask Tesco Bank, that’s when", "url": "https://simplelivingsomerset.wordpress.com/2013/07/19/when-is-0-not-0-and-5-not-5-when-you-ask-tesco-bank-thats-when/", "published_at": "2013-07-19T11:30:52+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0cfe9-8da6-72e2-9ba8-e65e2e1dd495", "title": "You really don’t need as much money post-retirement as you did while working", "url": "https://simplelivingsomerset.wordpress.com/2013/07/12/you-really-dont-need-as-much-money-post-retirement-as-you-did-while-working/", "published_at": "2013-07-12T11:51:57+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0cfe9-8da6-72e2-9ba8-e65e2ee4b3c0", "title": "Blackrock are crafty bastards with their fund names", "url": "https://simplelivingsomerset.wordpress.com/2013/07/10/blackrock-are-crafty-bastards-with-their-fund-names/", "published_at": "2013-07-10T10:17:41+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0cfe9-8da6-72e2-9ba8-e65e2eebd28c", "title": "do extroverts need more to retire on than introverts?", "url": "https://simplelivingsomerset.wordpress.com/2013/07/04/extroverts-need-more-retirement-savings/", "published_at": "2013-07-04T17:54:48+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0cfe9-8da6-72e2-9ba8-e65e2f3193e2", "title": "Lost in France, a homage to some old European notes dearly departed – will Lazarus have his day?", "url": "https://simplelivingsomerset.wordpress.com/2013/07/02/lost-in-france-a-homage-to-some-old-european-friends-dearly-departed-will-lazarus-have-his-day/", "published_at": "2013-07-02T17:40:37+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0cfe9-8da6-72e2-9ba8-e65e2fb2cb5e", "title": "Aaargh – More RDR fallout as TD does an Interactive Investor on me and starts charging to hold funds", "url": "https://simplelivingsomerset.wordpress.com/2013/06/20/aaargh-more-rdr-fallout-as-td-does-an-interactive-investor-on-me-and-starts-charging-to-hold-funds/", "published_at": "2013-06-20T09:54:04+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0cfe9-8da6-72e2-9ba8-e65e302d05dd", "title": "I’ve no ‘king idea what we are doing up here mate…", "url": "https://simplelivingsomerset.wordpress.com/2013/06/14/ive-no-king-idea-what-we-are-doing-up-here-mate/", "published_at": "2013-06-14T18:19:23+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0cfe9-8da6-72e2-9ba8-e65e30ec3248", "title": "I don’t often agree with Ed Balls, but on pensions he has a point", "url": "https://simplelivingsomerset.wordpress.com/2013/06/10/i-dont-often-agree-with-ed-balls-but-on-pensions-he-has-a-point/", "published_at": "2013-06-10T13:50:11+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0cfe9-a73a-7046-8b4f-806b3fb0cc50", "title": "Maplin Electronics – if it’s under £100 and lasts a year that’s as much as you can expect", "url": "https://simplelivingsomerset.wordpress.com/2013/06/07/maplin-electronics-bad-customer-service/", "published_at": "2013-06-07T19:55:00+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0cfe9-a73a-7046-8b4f-806b40a2def8", "title": "What’s all this Investing lark all about and how does it differ from Saving?", "url": "https://simplelivingsomerset.wordpress.com/2013/06/03/whats-all-this-investing-lark-all-about-and-how-does-it-differ-from-saving/", "published_at": "2013-06-03T10:21:38+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0cfe9-a73a-7046-8b4f-806b40e167f3", "title": "The trouble with a HYP strategy now is everyone else is trying it too. Cash is still evil…", "url": "https://simplelivingsomerset.wordpress.com/2013/05/17/the-trouble-with-a-hyp-strategy-now-is-everyone-else-is-trying-it-too-cash-is-still-evil/", "published_at": "2013-05-17T12:24:49+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0cfe9-a73a-7046-8b4f-806b41648a4b", "title": "Monsanto GM – Imagine a boot stamping on a human face. Forever", "url": "https://simplelivingsomerset.wordpress.com/2013/05/14/monsanto-gm-imagine-a-boot-stamping-on-a-human-face-forever/", "published_at": "2013-05-14T10:15:36+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0cfe9-a73a-7046-8b4f-806b4257ab0d", "title": "The joy of observing the quotidian…", "url": "https://simplelivingsomerset.wordpress.com/2013/05/11/the-joy-of-observing-the-quotidian/", "published_at": "2013-05-11T22:15:29+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0cfe9-a73a-7046-8b4f-806b42c979e2", "title": "that Interest Only Mortgage timebomb again – FCA edition", "url": "https://simplelivingsomerset.wordpress.com/2013/05/03/that-interest-only-mortgage-timebomb-again-fca-edition/", "published_at": "2013-05-03T13:39:15+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0cfe9-a73a-7046-8b4f-806b43546e9e", "title": "A fascinating peek into the inner workings of capitalism – manufactured demand in the making", "url": "https://simplelivingsomerset.wordpress.com/2013/04/21/a-fascinating-peek-into-the-inner-workings-of-capitalism-manufactured-demand-in-the-making/", "published_at": "2013-04-21T18:54:53+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0cfe9-a73a-7046-8b4f-806b4396dae3", "title": "Retirement isn’t like a long weekend, or a long vacation", "url": "https://simplelivingsomerset.wordpress.com/2013/04/18/retirement-isnt-like-a-long-weekend-or-a-long-vacation/", "published_at": "2013-04-18T20:37:54+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0cfe9-a73a-7046-8b4f-806b43f76274", "title": "Why is everything Apple so easy and so hard at the same time?", "url": "https://simplelivingsomerset.wordpress.com/2013/04/14/why-is-everything-apple-so-easy-and-so-hard-at-the-same-time/", "published_at": "2013-04-14T22:01:57+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0cfe9-a73a-7046-8b4f-806b4451c5ef", "title": "The ISA conundrum, and a Cyprus memento mori…", "url": "https://simplelivingsomerset.wordpress.com/2013/04/10/the-isa-conundrum-and-a-cyprus-memento-mori/", "published_at": "2013-04-10T22:09:17+00:00" } ] posts Claim your blog
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2015

City or country – where you live matters in the budget for early retirementoriginal ↗
15 Jan 2015
Here’s to interesting times in 2015original ↗
4 Jan 2015

2014

The case for a Universal Incomeoriginal ↗
9 Dec 2014
Dear Mr TV Licensing. The Ermine has no TV licence…original ↗
30 Nov 2014
Today is the official spendy frenzy of Black Friday and it’s time tooriginal ↗
28 Nov 2014
I read the news today, oh boy…original ↗
26 Nov 2014
Sometimes you should not be allowed to do what you want to dooriginal ↗
11 Nov 2014
Work is but a stage of Lifeoriginal ↗
5 Nov 2014
Financial Foolhardiness is Forgivable in the young, not old Fogeysoriginal ↗
29 Oct 2014
The difficulty of managing money in silosoriginal ↗
16 Oct 2014
The incredible lure of day-tradingoriginal ↗
10 Oct 2014
the season of mellow fruitfulness is on usoriginal ↗
7 Oct 2014
It’s Election year, lots of lovely pork is up for grabsoriginal ↗
2 Oct 2014
the trials and tribulations of the rich poororiginal ↗
23 Sept 2014
Financial Independence is about more than moneyoriginal ↗
16 Sept 2014
Cash ISAs are king, it appearsoriginal ↗
28 Aug 2014
Self-seeking vacuum cleaner manufacturers lambast energy efficiency movesoriginal ↗
22 Aug 2014
What will the power shift from labour to capital make things look like?original ↗
15 Aug 2014
Supermoon reflectionsoriginal ↗
11 Aug 2014
Life After Growthoriginal ↗
7 Aug 2014
The real way to make money using old pallets is to be Blake Livelyoriginal ↗
23 Jul 2014
Time for homage to the Holly Kingoriginal ↗
21 Jul 2014
Today I shall live like a kingoriginal ↗
18 Jul 2014
Fight consumerism – get time on your sideoriginal ↗
9 Jul 2014
Ralph Borsodi, and a codicil to Two Years onoriginal ↗
3 Jul 2014
Two years in – how’s that early retirement working outoriginal ↗
18 Jun 2014
families on the financial brink – this isn’t going to get easieroriginal ↗
10 Jun 2014
Dear Amazon. Want more than 40%? Quite frankly, stick itoriginal ↗
3 Jun 2014
Why Compound Interest won’t help you retire earlyoriginal ↗
30 May 2014
Hello Mr Putin, fancy meeting you here?original ↗
27 May 2014
Dear Mr Gove. Do not be such a parochial pratoriginal ↗
25 May 2014
The subtle way Hargreaves Lansdown make their moneyoriginal ↗
23 May 2014
The sleep of Reason is producing monsters in the UKoriginal ↗
13 May 2014
The Scotland problemoriginal ↗
11 May 2014
The Squeezed Middle are Doomedoriginal ↗
7 May 2014
There is trouble burning underground in Britainoriginal ↗
3 May 2014
Mortgage income multiples and affordabilityoriginal ↗
11 Apr 2014
The Ghost of Negative Equity will stalk the land again – a cautionary mortgage tale from 25 years agooriginal ↗
6 Apr 2014
Hargreaves Lansdown saves the day at the eleventh hour of the old tax yearoriginal ↗
4 Apr 2014
a little bit of Africa comes to Suffolkoriginal ↗
2 Apr 2014
How a short pension can help early retirement around 55, and why annuities deserve a better pressoriginal ↗
31 Mar 2014
the misery of metrics and measurements destroying job satisfactionoriginal ↗
27 Mar 2014
calling all late 40s+ wannabe early retirees – your ship’s come in…original ↗
23 Mar 2014
why is the ISA season now, and what’s with the new 15k limit then?original ↗
19 Mar 2014
Capitalism, crowdfunding and gadgetryoriginal ↗
6 Mar 2014
Doom and Death Spiral Deliberationsoriginal ↗
2 Mar 2014
A cautionary housing tale from a quarter of a century agooriginal ↗
28 Feb 2014
Stockpickers and indexers alike – aren’t you a little bit fearful…?original ↗
26 Feb 2014
Vanguard Lifestrategy has a lot going for it. Shame you have to buy it all at onceoriginal ↗
24 Feb 2014
Beating the market is really hard…but is it actually what you want to do?original ↗
20 Feb 2014
Owen Paterson: GM science good, Climate Change science badoriginal ↗
13 Feb 2014
how much work can you withstand?original ↗
6 Feb 2014
More Interesting times in the markets, oy vey…original ↗
24 Jan 2014
empty metrics are strangling vision and leadershiporiginal ↗
22 Jan 2014
Dividend tax credits count for Gift Aidoriginal ↗
13 Jan 2014
What looks interesting in 2014 then?original ↗
6 Jan 2014
Isaac Asimov’s visit to the World Fair of 2014 – 50 years agooriginal ↗
3 Jan 2014

2013

living standards are going down because of a power shift from labour to capitaloriginal ↗
11 Dec 2013
Interesting times on the stock market again?original ↗
5 Dec 2013
UK OECD PISA scores – the hand-wringing starts again…original ↗
4 Dec 2013
Energy efficiency for the poor is a matter for taxation, not arbitrary leviesoriginal ↗
29 Nov 2013
A Genius way of qualifying Needs and Wantsoriginal ↗
27 Nov 2013
Come Swine with Us – oh by the way somebody’s left a great big blue cock behind in Trafalgar Squareoriginal ↗
25 Nov 2013
Poundland are cynical con-artistsoriginal ↗
10 Nov 2013
It’s not the bad guys like Wonga who won, it’s the good guys who lost by playing on their patch…original ↗
8 Nov 2013
I’ve still got no idea what we are doing up here, mate. There’ll be trouble brewing…original ↗
1 Nov 2013
create more, consume less – it’s cheaper and more funoriginal ↗
27 Oct 2013
the Ermine gets away with not getting struck off the Royal Mail IPOoriginal ↗
11 Oct 2013
Frozen supermarket food has more vitamins and antioxidants than freshoriginal ↗
9 Oct 2013
School leavers falling behind in Literacy and Numeracy according to the OECD – Notoriginal ↗
8 Oct 2013
We’re back to paying people to dig holes, and paying others to fill them in again with IDSoriginal ↗
4 Oct 2013
When we are lender of last resort, we take your souloriginal ↗
26 Sept 2013
your pension should be worth more than your house by the time you retireoriginal ↗
24 Sept 2013
being in the rat-race made me spend badlyoriginal ↗
14 Sept 2013
James Dyson moans he can’t get enough engineers He is part of the problemoriginal ↗
9 Sept 2013
Buy to the sound of gunfire, sell on the sound of trumpetsoriginal ↗
3 Sept 2013
Flânerie – and the drumbeats of war again?original ↗
27 Aug 2013
what is the point of University?original ↗
15 Aug 2013
Why your spending may not be lower in retirement in futureoriginal ↗
13 Aug 2013
The festival of Lammas, and tales from the dark sideoriginal ↗
1 Aug 2013
Work isn’t Fun – Scientific Study reportsoriginal ↗
27 Jul 2013
Help To Buy. It’s time to get on boardoriginal ↗
24 Jul 2013
When is 0% not 0% and £5 not £5 – when you ask Tesco Bank, that’s whenoriginal ↗
19 Jul 2013
You really don’t need as much money post-retirement as you did while workingoriginal ↗
12 Jul 2013
Blackrock are crafty bastards with their fund namesoriginal ↗
10 Jul 2013
do extroverts need more to retire on than introverts?original ↗
4 Jul 2013
Lost in France, a homage to some old European notes dearly departed – will Lazarus have his day?original ↗
2 Jul 2013
Aaargh – More RDR fallout as TD does an Interactive Investor on me and starts charging to hold fundsoriginal ↗
20 Jun 2013
I’ve no ‘king idea what we are doing up here mate…original ↗
14 Jun 2013
I don’t often agree with Ed Balls, but on pensions he has a pointoriginal ↗
10 Jun 2013
Maplin Electronics – if it’s under £100 and lasts a year that’s as much as you can expectoriginal ↗
7 Jun 2013
What’s all this Investing lark all about and how does it differ from Saving?original ↗
3 Jun 2013
The trouble with a HYP strategy now is everyone else is trying it too. Cash is still evil…original ↗
17 May 2013
Monsanto GM – Imagine a boot stamping on a human face. Foreveroriginal ↗
14 May 2013
The joy of observing the quotidian…original ↗
11 May 2013
that Interest Only Mortgage timebomb again – FCA editionoriginal ↗
3 May 2013
A fascinating peek into the inner workings of capitalism – manufactured demand in the makingoriginal ↗
21 Apr 2013
Retirement isn’t like a long weekend, or a long vacationoriginal ↗
18 Apr 2013
Why is everything Apple so easy and so hard at the same time?original ↗
14 Apr 2013
The ISA conundrum, and a Cyprus memento mori…original ↗
10 Apr 2013
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