What £100 in 1990 Is Worth Today
You may find an old payslip, savings account book or even an old birthday card with a £100 note from…
Posts by Freddie Russell
The Painting That Lost Ninety Percent of Its Value Without Losing a Single
Gold doesn't need a certificate. It sits there being gold, indifferent to what anyone thinks about it. Property is bricks…
The Savings Account That’s Been Quietly Picking Your Pocket
Riba, or interest on idle cash, has been prohibited under Islamic law for about 1,400 years for roughly a quarter…
The Price Your Painting Fetched Without You in the Room
Imagine you sell a painting in 1975 for £200 (you need to pay the rent and the art dealer is…
The Inflation Figure the Government Disqualified (And Then Kept Using)
The UK Statistics Authority in 2013 examined one of the two official measures of inflation in Britain, the RPI (Retail…
Three Thousand Years of Honest Money, Ended by a Ship
There is a small sea snail living in the Maldives. The species is called Cypraea moneta. The shell of this…
The Onion Skin That Knew Before the Bank of England Did
A farmworker in rural England might make a financial decision peeling an onion in mid-September before the damp sets in.…
How Much Interest Can You Earn Tax-Free
Even though you have finally started to get some interest on your savings, it is unlikely that you will want…
What Happens to Your Unused ISA Allowance
This time of year is always a bit of a panic, as every year the same questions come up –…