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Forex: timing it right! 13 Aug 2013 | 07:40 pm
Exchanging currency is a hugely frustrating business, isn’t it? There can’t be many among us who haven’t transferred a wodge of sterling into a local currency bank account, only to find later that the...
Carpathian campers 31 Jul 2013 | 09:02 am
Pic of the Week: 31 July 2013 by kotenko © 2013 Tents on a hillside in Ukraine's Carpathian Mountains at sunset. The Carpathians are Europe’s second-longest mountain range. They run in a broad arc ...
Expat life: when the great adventure starts to grate 30 Jul 2013 | 04:33 pm
Moving overseas can seem like a great idea when you’re stuck in a crowded commuter train on a wet November evening, after a hard day’s work in a company that’s had a pay freeze in place for the last t...
Five questions about Ecuador – Quick Quiz 30 Jul 2013 | 10:05 am
Ecuador’s famous for being named after the Equator, which runs through the north of the country. It’s also been in the news recently as the chosen political asylum destination of both Julian Assange a...
Five questions about Ecuador – Quick Quiz answers 30 Jul 2013 | 10:05 am
We asked you five quick trivia questions about Ecuador. Here are the answers: What famous – but misnamed – style of hat originated in Ecuador in the 17th century? The Panama hat. Lightweight and bre...
Britain’s celebrity expats 25 Jul 2013 | 08:06 pm
Nobody can blame expats for deciding to move abroad, with better weather, wider job prospects and often less strict tax systems making it an extremely attractive option. Celebrities often choose to em...
Osborne turns the cold shoulder on expat pensioners 30 Jun 2013 | 03:47 pm
Those of you in southern Europe will probably already have heard the grim news. Chancellor of the Exchequer George Osborne announced in his Spending Review on Wednesday 26 June that Winter Fuel Paymen...
Picasso, eat your heart out! 29 Jun 2013 | 05:27 pm
Pic of the Week: 29 June 2013 by Kay McMahon © 2012 Kay adds: “This is a painting I did as part of a challenge on a forum I hang out on. A couple of us dabble a bit as a hobby, but I’d discovered a...
Five questions about weird words – Quick Quiz 29 Jun 2013 | 04:00 pm
Words are so amazingly useful that it’s a pity most of us very rarely stop to think how they originated. Here are five words for you – do you have any idea how any of them came about? Trivial Backlo...
Five questions about weird words – Quick Quiz answers 29 Jun 2013 | 04:00 pm
We asked you five quick trivia questions about weird words. Here are the answers: Trivial is derived from the Latin trivium, or “three ways”. Mediæval universities used to offer seven Liberal Arts, o...
