- Half of all meals in the UK are eaten alone, Boris Johnson observes in this rather good article on loneliness.
- We’re also stressed, and the credit crunch has been bad for our mental health – one in 10 has seen their GP about stress since the start of the financial crisis, and 1 in 14 of us has been put on anti-depressants.
- Five beehives have been installed in the City of London, with bankers training to look after them on their lunch breaks.
- The bank may have been facing investigations for fraud on a massive scale, but the government still commissioned Goldman Sachs to sell billions of pounds worth of gilts this month. Let’s hope the new government will show a little more responsibility.
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