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Changed UK public holiday may appear on the wrong date

Early May public holiday isn’t on 4 May, but 8 May. Not all calendar services are correct.

January 8, 2020 Macs, Technology

What to do when told to pay VAT due on a completed purchase

The message told me that my government requires VAT to be paid, even though I bought this 2 years ago. Should you pay up?

September 12, 2017 General, Life, Macs, Technology

UK White Paper on Brexit: shallow and glib at best

Do the authors not have clue what they are writing about, or are they peddling alternative truths? One boxout disassembled.

February 3, 2017 General, Life, Technology

Tax chaos looms

Most governments promise to reform the tax system to reduce costs and increase compliance. So how would it help to switch business income to quarterly returns, instead of annual?

January 21, 2017 General, Macs, Technology

Movement in Painting: migrant artists

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Many of the great painters have been migrants. Here are examples from Canaletto to Sargent. Suppress migration, and art will be stifled.

December 18, 2016 General, Life, Painting

Living with the UK’s Investigatory Powers Act

Surely this Act was about terrorism and serious crime, wasn’t it? Why should I need to do anything different now it is law?

December 3, 2016 General, Macs, Technology

Desperate measures: the new campaign to demetricate

It makes as much sense as reverting to Norman French as the official language in UK courts and administration.

September 26, 2016 General, Life, Technology

Brexit and data protection in the UK

The EU is changing to new data protection regulations in 2018. How might Brexit complicate that? Roadmaps provided.

August 5, 2016 General, Life, Macs, Technology

Nikon UK prices to increase soon

Nikon prices in the UK are to increase by an unspecified amount – probably at least 10% – […]

July 19, 2016 General, Life, Macs, Painting, Technology

A cunning plan to solve the Brexit problem

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So England and Wales want (possibly) to leave the EU, but the rest of the UK does not. How can we solve that impossipuzzle?

July 15, 2016 General, Life

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