Between 1438 and 1795 travellers to the Netherlands commented on the manic Dutch cleaners.  75 out of 250 reports mentioned about the obsession they had with cleaning their houses. The women regularly cleaned windows, feverishly mopped floors and men wore slippers indoors. It was argued by Simon Schama that housewives’ fastidious cleaning reflected a moral,…
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The goal of life is not the acquisition of wealth but a life of worship. We spend more hours obtaining our income than on anything else, especially in London because of traffic and distance. It is therefore natural to be strongly affected by the procurement of money and its use. There are two things we…
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The world has high jacked both Christmas and Easter with encouragement to spend unlimited money on chocolate. It seems indicative of the way that retailers have commandeered the market on Christian festivals. The trend continues and gathers pace as the way we live reflects the philosophy of the world at large. Easter comes near the…
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In the spring of 1939, an anonymous civil servant was entrusted with finding suitable slogans for propaganda posters intended to comfort, inspire and stiffen public resolve should the massed armies of Nazi Germany ever cross the Channel. Three were designed and two were produced – they read: Your Courage, Your Cheerfulness, Your Resolution Will Bring…
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