Archive for category Family, Marriage and the Culture

So long, and thanks for all the work

A recent survey by Aon has found that only 43% of Britons want to retire and enjoy their golden years in this country, the lowest satisfaction rate in Europe. However, the figures involved don’t add up to anything worthy of pessimism, as they are merely fantasy and ideals. Read the rest of this entry »

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Would like to meet

Someone to share council tax bills and dinner with; must have an appetite for exotic holidays; GSOH (Good Salary, Own House) essential, writes Annaliese Briggs

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The show must go on

“O Romeo, Romeo. Wherefore art thou Romeo?”  laments Juliet from a shabbily built balcony, borrowed from the set of Evita. If the Treasury has anything to do with proceedings, Romeo may not turn up at all, writes Annaliese Briggs.

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Spot the difference

July 15, 2009 “As state schools prepare for their long recess, a report by the Daycare Trust reveals large regional fluctuations in the cost and capacity of childcare.”

July 14, 2010 “Research published today by the national childcare charity Daycare Trust, ahead of the school holidays, has uncovered a postcode lottery and patchwork of childcare availability.

This year, Daycare Trust researchers are one day ahead of the game and prefer their subordinate clauses mid-sentence, writes Annaliese Briggs. Read the rest of this entry »

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For whom the bell tolls

The beginning of June marks the start of an obligatory period of hushed activity in my family household, writes Annaliese Briggs.   

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A future tragedy of our commons?

Yesterday, Libby Purves wrote in the Times of the free-range child as endangered species, writes Zenobe Reade. Purves’  eulogy touched upon the demise of dens, boating, unattended bramble scratches and nettle stings. Yet, as she acknowledges, this has long been the preserve of the wealthy, rather than the rural child.

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