'Self-promoters' at work. Here.

Too many shops (double what's needed), and some ideas for reviving the high-street. A report by Sir John Simpson (of Simpson's key-cutters etc). BBC - here.

Mudlarking.

Caesarean births 'affecting human evolution - BBC - here.

Emotional eating 'learned by children not inherited' - BBC here.

CBI boss - car firms face extinction. BBC here.

The slow but accelerating death of department stores. BBC here. Some of these stores were used as cash generators by their owners. They borrowed against the value of the store, took cash out and failed to invest. Customers were taken for granted. They failed to change the nature of their retail offering for a new era and a new retail environment. They deserve to go under.

Families face 'intolerable struggle' without washing machines. BBC here.

Turn2Us charity here.

Tributes to a fallen burglar? A matter of moral complexity. I agree with the police. Here. Daily Mail, disagrees: here.

'Sex is too casual'. As said by somebody who would know. BBC here.

'I'm not having children because I want to save the planet'. BBC here. And it's here again on Anna's website - annacycles.co.uk.

Loneliness most likely to affect young people (16-24 age group). BBC here.

40% of cancers are avoidable. BBC - here.

Don't let them eat cake. BBC here.

To be good at Maths use calculators. BBC here.

York is best place to live according to Sunday Times feature - BBC here.

Saving for retirement. Changes. BBC here.

"...but there isn't a man of a certain age who doesn't look back and wonder 'was my behaviour entirely appropriate'?" Michael Parkinson talking about men's (of a certain age) treatment of women. BBC here.

Cutting excess calorie consumption: BBC here, PHE here.

One You campaign here.

'Cash Isa savings rates begin to tick up'. BBC here. At last. Savers should (generally) be rewarded.

Never understood those type of photos in fashion shoots. They always made me feel discomfited. Now I learn that the models are playing dead. BBC- here. And the other photo poses she explains - makes sense now.

Same card but wife pays more than husband - BBC here.

Gridlocked traffic - here & here. But government is spending all its energies on Brexit.

Warning: "Interest-only mortgage time-bomb". BBC- here.

Household budgets in 1957 compared to today:

BBC - here
ONS blog post - here

Nick Farron apologises for saying that gay sex is not sinful. BBC here. Extraordinary that he was leader of LibDems.

Election 2017 was contested by a trio of totally unsuited candidates. Not much has changed. Weep.

Fundamentalist Brexiteers presenting 'English' hampers as gifts. BBC here.

Laughably out-of-touch. How many young people (they are the future after all) would get excited by this collection?

Ridiculous.

So, the vegetarian who occasionally eats meat is a thing. There's a word for it: flexitarian. Wikipedia here.

Came across it in BBC article about Tesco's new vegan ready-meal range. Eating habits are moving towards vegeism of some sort - and business is noticing. If flexitarian has a place on the vegi-spectrum then there's room for me too.

On 'Divorce Day', the fist working Monday of the new year, we learn that money worries are the main reason for marital break-up. One in ten marriages disintegrate because there isn't enough resources to keep things together. Painful.

BBC here.