Comment Archives - Philip James Financial Services

Nov 18, 2022 | Comment

https://youtu.be/3ls6UEUVNOU One of our trade papers this week asked a selection of advisers how...

May 4, 2022 | Comment

I had a lovely few nights in Barcelona, thank you. And, yes, I could have arranged...

Mar 3, 2022 | Comment

The ‘bias’ in question is ‘gender imbalance’ and much discussed in our trade press this week, not...

Oct 15, 2020 | Comment

Ex-MP Rory Stewart was talking about why he came into and left politics. He travelled in...

Sep 28, 2020 | Comment

Was listening to an interview with now-celebrated director, Ron Howard, formally star of both...

Jul 22, 2020 | Comment

The ’70s were for my coming-of-age time, as they were for Stuart Maconie, author of ‘The Nanny...

Apr 9, 2020 | Comment

One of my lockdown projects is to listen to all of my vinyl (in alphabetical order of course)....

Mar 27, 2020 | Comment

This little church in Widford stands on its own in the middle of a field. It was once part of what...

Nov 27, 2019 | Comment

Ethical shopping is now a thing. It’s not just making sure that no rainforests were destroyed to...

Nov 19, 2019 | Comment

A factor in my choice of university was the gender balance or, in ’70s-speak, the percentage of...

Jul 19, 2019 | Comment

Around the time of the moon landing, I had a great birthday present, a reel-to-reel tape recorder....

Mar 27, 2019 | Comment

Just seen the brilliant ‘First Man’, about Neil Armstrong and the moon landing, 50 years ago this...

Feb 22, 2019 | Comment

If you saw the fixed grins of those in the audience who didn’t win Oscars last weekend, you’ll get...

Nov 14, 2018 | Comment

If you missed it, do iPlayer the brilliant ‘They Shall Not Grow Old’, if only for the...

Sep 28, 2018 | Comment

In Greece it’s now compulsory to listen to Abba rather than the ‘Never on a Sunday’ and ‘Zorba’s...