Financial Advice Or Financial Guidance – What’s The Difference? Read On To Find Out

Many people don’t understand the difference between financial advice and financial guidance. However, knowing it is essential to maximising your pension fund. As you approach retirement, you become eligible for free and impartial pension guidance. The government introduced this entitlement … Continue reading

My Writing Process Helen E Field

My mother once told me that when I was 10yrs old I informed her I was not going to have a ‘boring life.’ Well, I guess I must have succeeded because according to most people I know, I have led … Continue reading

The Night Before Christmas’ crackers are available for £20 (4 x crackers per pack), Michael Rowan toasts the Cracker for adults, and looks forward to a sophisticated and fun Christmas Eve, thanks to those clever elves at The Sexton Single Malt Irish Whiskey

‘ I have long held the view that Christmas is a time for adults as well as children, and this year, I am more of this view than ever. At the risk of sounding like Ebenezer Scrooge, why should the … Continue reading

Michael Rowan welcomes in the spirits of Christmas, with the latest range of digestifs from Aldi, and discovers his inner Scrooge at www.aldi.co.uk

After what, by anyone’s standards, has been a challenging year, we must seek our pleasures where we can, and as the festive season gets underway, Aldi seem to have taken on board the need for some Christmas cheer, with their … Continue reading

ONLINE CHRISTMAS CHARITY SHOW We Need A Little Christmas at www.stream.theatre – preview by Paul Vates

until 1st January 2021 A star-studded West End and Broadway cast sing festive songs and perform brilliant sketches – all in aid of charity: for Shelter and Crisis At Christmas. If you’ve never heard Kevin Clifton sing – then you’re … Continue reading

SISTER SCRIBES: OVER AND OUT FROM KIRSTEN HESKETH

My last ever Sister Scribes post – and what a blast it has been! And, my, what a lot has happened in the two years since the five of us named ourselves the Sister Scribes and banded together as friends … Continue reading

A Round Up of Joyous Christmas events to bring cheer to the weary heart by Annie Clarke

Digital: Much-loved company Sleeping Trees will bring the magic of panto to your living room with their epic Christmas adventure The Legend of Moby Dick Whittington. Streaming throughout December, this exciting production, filled with original music, will ensure the whole … Continue reading

Natalie Jayne Peeke discovers from her mother what it is like to be diagnosed with Dyslexia and Dyspraxia in your 50s.

  According to NHS.co.uk Dyslexia is defined as : a common learning difficulty that can cause problems with reading, writing and spelling.It’s a specific learning difficulty, which means it causes problems with certain abilities used for learning, such as reading and … Continue reading