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The famous Gold Rush in California in the 1850s was a bitterly disappointing and brutalising experience for many of those taking part. But ...

I have just moved house, an unexpectedly stressful business which involves a good deal more wandering around with a screwdriver than I had i...

This is the time of year for the collective meltdown of the middle classes, and anyone else concerned to choose the right secondary school f...

The very first party conference I ever attended was the 1982 Liberal Assembly in Bournemouth.  There, squeezed into a crowded and sweaty roo...

The news that Tesco, formerly the Great Satan of anti-monopoly campaigners, have overstated their estimated profits by £250m is rather extr...

It's a funny thing but I found myself suddenly emotional about the Scotland vote on Friday.  Having been far less convinced about the fu...

Yes, I know, it's almost too late to comment on Scottish independence - they're voting today.  I suspect that the result, whatever i...