The Goldsmith’s Embarrassing Problem That Explains Why Your Savings Account Is
In 1691, a goldsmith found himself in court over a debt he could not pay. The judge's solution to his…
Posts by Sophie Kendrick
The Furniture in Your Living Room Has Already Survived a Fire Test
Somewhere in an accredited testing laboratory, before your sofa made it onto the shop floor, someone held a lit cigarette…
The Cheapest Street to Buy On Is Rarely the Cheapest Street to Live On
A thought experiment worth doing. Two people living in houses at identical prices in two different parts of town on…
What Your Street Is Standing On (And Why It Matters More Than The Kitchen)
An estate agent will tell you about the south-facing garden, the original Victorian tiles and the ‘characterful’ layout that means…
The Parallel Economy That Ran on Little Sticky Squares
For a number of years in Britain, late 1950s to early 1980s, a significant chunk of the population had a…
The Economy That Never Left (You Just Stopped Using It)
Here’s something they don’t tell you at the Bank of England’s quarterly press conferences: the bit of the economy that…