New coin rejection: politics or punctuation?

On Friday this week a new 50p coin is to be issued. Not any run-of-the-mill coin – or should that be run-of-the-mint coin – but one to commemorate the UK beginning its departure from the European Union. For whatever reason it is being issued the bottom line is, it’s a coin. It’s money. Small change…

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Happiness: just what is it?

At the beginning of a new year, a new job, a new relationship there will often be an accompanying wish for happiness.Happiness becomes a mantra for fulfilment. For contentment. For success. How did ‘Happiness’ get into our lexicon? The arrival was fairly straightforward; the path to its current meaning was less so. The root of…

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My Favourite Writers: who are yours?

I decided I’d like to share some facts about me rather than always writing about my illnesses, or about my hobbies, or giving my opinions.I also decided I needed to get a tad more organised in so far as a schedule for my postings is concerned. One idea I came up with was to have…

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