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A retirement roadmap

Planning in your thirties and forties Retirement may seem like a lifetime away, but the earlier you can start paying into a pension, the better. Get into the habit of paying into your pension and get to grips with the basics of planning for retirement. If a company employs you, they are legally obliged to

Getting Ahead for Society

GSK is committed to transforming healthcare by focusing on prevention. In collaboration with the NHS and Government, GSK aims to shift the focus from sickness to prevention, aligning with the Government’s 10-year plan. Through science, innovation, and strategic partnerships, GSK is developing medicines and vaccines, advancing research, and investing in early detection and education to

‘Let’s be open-minded about hydrogen’

The 2018 film First Man is a spectacular story about Neil Armstrong and how the USA rose to the challenge of putting man on the moon. Humanity thrives on setting challenges and then doing everything possible to meet them. We stretch our technological knowledge, and we invest enormous sums into research and development. As the

An Elstree childhood

Set in 150 acres of idyllic West Berkshire countryside, Elstree is also home to childhood fun and adventure. The school nurtures a strong belief in ‘children remaining children’ for as long as they can. The school aims high for pupils and is proud of both outstanding Common Entrance results and an excellent Scholarship record. Pupils

The Sherborne Difference

Last year, Sherborne Boys, Sherborne Girls, Sherborne Prep and Hanford Prep came together as the Sherborne Schools Group (SSG). It was a courageous move to secure the financial future of the schools and deliver an even better educational experience.  For many years Sherborne Boys and Sherborne Girls have benefitted from a close relationship, underpinned by

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Danes haven’t always taken a great interest in Greenland

After a week on high alert, everyone can breathe a sigh of relief. Donald Trump has pulled back on his tariff threats and made a deal – one that the Danes would happily have agreed to a fortnight ago. Supported by a chorus of European leaders, Danish prime minister Mette Frederiksen clarified that sovereignty was

Does Davos calm the polycrisis, or make it worse?

A most unlikely proposition emerged this week in Davos. Larry Fink, interim co-head of the World Economic Forum, proposed moving the annual gathering of the world’s ultra-elite to Detroit or Dublin. The WEF, he said, should ‘start doing something new: showing up – and listening – in the places where the modern world is actually

The Chagos deal risks turning Britain into a vassal of China

If one is in any doubt as to Great Britain’s decline and fall, look no further than 20 January, when we alienated ourselves from our once-held global status and from our allies and partners. Donald Trump took to social media that morning to declare that Britain’s deal to hand over the Chagos Islands to Mauritius

Kash Patel

Will the FBI burn through Kash?

FBI director Kash Patel popped up in several news stories on Friday. He does this periodically, like a skin or glandular disorder – a Kash Rash, as it were. Looking as though he’d spent last night consuming the contents of the FBI’s seized-drug storeroom, Patel announced at an airport presser that the FBI had seized