Volunteer in training. This summer, I am about to experience a once-in-a-lifetime event; Olympic volunteering will be a one-off for nearly all the 50,000 recruits, even if a few have previous experience, and a very few have even competed in past Games. Since my candidacy was accepted three months...
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High fossil fuel prices are good for the planet
Here’s how to keep them high while avoiding riots or hurting the poor. In the UK, it now costs more than £100 to fill up a typical family car with petrol, and oil prices...
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The price of success: the challenge of being promoted to the National League
Originally published May 2022. On 7th May, our football club, Maidstone United, were crowned champions of National League South (NLS), English football’s sixth tier. Maidstone...
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The UK resi market
Cardiff is bucking the trend. There are a lot of ‘strange’ movements going on in UK residential property right now and submarket trends are very much back on the agenda. ...
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More poison from Twitter
In response to Elon Musk’s all-cash takeover offer for Twitter, its board of directors has adopted a one-year shareholder rights plan to stop it. As Lucas...
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Confessions of a valuer, chapter 23: dying can be fun
In this very special series of exclusive articles for the Property Chronicle, Australian property legend Norman Harker reflects on his extraordinary 50-year life in real estate....
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Ukraine’s zoos
What is happening to all the animals? Details are starting to emerge on how Ukraine’s zoos are coping with the war. Some of the animals, including lions, tigers and wild...
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One for sorrow
I can’t help thinking that Amanda Staveley and her consortium have bought the wrong football club. Had they waited just five months they could have had Chelsea FC rather...
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“Harder than I’d expected”
Top players on why joining the Premier League from abroad is so tough. Originally published September 2021. The new football season has seen the return of fans and the...
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Ukraine crisis
Why you should donate money rather than supplies. The humanitarian crisis in Ukraine and its effect on neighbouring countries has inspired people to collect donations. But these...