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EU exit boosts house prices: Owners across whole country see big rises after Referendum
HOUSE prices and mortgage lending continue to rise on the back of the Brexit vote as the UK property market goes from strength to strength. Banks and building societies recorded their strongest figures for the month of June for eight years as they handed over £20.7bn of home loans. That is a 16 per cent increase compared...
The country that hates to be late
The Swiss derive genuine joy from the fact that life unfolds on time and in a highly efficient manner. Although many countries are saddled with stereotypes, in Switzerland’s case they’re dead on. The alpine nation really is highly efficient. And meticulously punctual. Clean, too. For chronically tardy, resolutely...
A tiny country of creative geniuses
Scotland has long been at the forefront of innovation, drawing on a unique combination of practicality and creativity. The first time I glimpsed Edinburgh Castle, sprouting from the basalt like some giant stone apparition, I was stunned into an uncharacteristic silence. There is something about Edinburgh – indeed about...
‘I want my country back’ Woman on Question Time in impassioned plea for Brexit
AN AUDIENCE member on the BBC’s Question Time seemed to sum-up the feelings of grassroots voters when she declared she wanted “Britain to be Britain”. The unnamed woman was speaking following a debate about whether Britain would be better being part of the European Union (EU) or whether it would be more...