My original post to this was: "Hang on. There was a real author called Maude Avery writing in the 50s? Maude Avery, 1950s chain-smoking author, is a key character in John Boyle's The Heart's Inv… (View Post)

Sleazy, broken no one on the slide. (View Post)

I think it depends whether you're talking about your whole pension pot in drawdown mode. Even then 25% sounds low for the longterm. If like me you opted for a traditional annuity or have a DB pension… (View Post)

Given I lose a month's pension compared to those borne the day before me, I'm thinking of starting a Born on the 6th of the Month protest group. BOTSOTM - may need to work on that acronym. (View Post)

Wise to have the flu jab - it's predicted to be a bad flu season this winter: https://www.lshtm.ac.uk/newsevents/news/2025/expert-comment-why-uk-expecting-bad-flu-season-year (View Post)