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How do you get people to do what you want them to? It’s the hardest thing. Sign this form, book your next review meeting, read my latest post. Perhaps they’ve just got better things to do…

The Queen has eaten jam sandwiches every day since she was a toddler, according to her former private chef. And she seems happy enough.

Welcome to a dystopian view of the future of work, where invisible toil - thinking, problem solving and reading - doesn't get a look in.

Comedian Robin Grainger was feeling deflated, but not undeterred, when he found out he’d only sold one ticket to his Edinburgh fringe show. Instead of giving up, he gave it his all.

It felt bigger than the build-up to Who Shot JR? But the publication of the Consumer Duty’s final guidance is here.

While everyone else is on holiday, let’s do some loosely financial-planning-related bran teasers instead.

A winky face might seem like a suitable adjunct to a jokey statement, but not to everyone.

One endlessly hot summer as a university student I went to the south of France with school friend.

I visited Harrogate this weekend and sampled a not unpleasant version of what life might be like in retirement.

You wait for an article on longevity to come along and, like buses, three come along at once.

I can understand why baristas in Starbucks speak to you like a robot. It makes the queue go down quicker if they can rattle of simple questions that everyone and their dog can give formulaic answers to.

Google, the sewing machine and The Terminator all have one thing in common: they were all inspired by dreams.

They say bring your whole self to work, and today I seem to be taking that literally.

A new report by a French organisation has defined what it means to be ‘rich’ and how many people that includes.

Back in the days of vaccine passports, I had to get mine printed out because the app wasn’t working. Little did I know that the download would include every single jab I’d ever had.