Tag: investing

  • Edinburgh International Book Festival forced to cancel partnership with sponsor

    The Edinburgh International Book Festival has had to end its 20-year partnership with a sponsor after being targeted by pro-Palestinian protestors who object to its investment links with fossil fuels and Israel. The festival organisers said the pressure from activists has become “intolerable“. I know a little bit about this because when I started my…

  • Cat and cargo bike

    Cat and cargo bike

    Schools are breaking up in Aberdeen next week but our kids won’t be starting holidays until the 23rd July, about a month later. However they’re not missing out because the holiday time is made up at the other end of summer as they don’t go back until September, about month after everyone here. The online…

  • Parent-teacher interviews, visiting relatives, and investing for retirement

    Parent-teacher interviews, visiting relatives, and investing for retirement

    Last night we had parent-teacher interviews at Daniel’s school (if any locals came trick or treating at this time this is why we didn’t answer the door then. We were out for a bit). It’s the first parent-teacher interviews we’ve had at Daniel’s new high school so we really didn’t know what to expect. Expectations…