Mary Mulvihill

Here’s my hot economic tip to beat the recession: buy glue shares!
No really, bear with me.
The dismal scientists have ways of measuring economic activity and the depth of a recession.  Armchair economists such as myself keep our eyes on alternative indices, and watch for signs of the times we live in.
For instance, have you noticed [...]

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HANDS up if you’ve ever bought a gift-bag for a bottle of wine. Thought not. Me neither. So where have they all come from?
There are currently six – six! – lurking in the spare wardrobe where we store presents and gift-wrapping. I’m beginning to think that, like wire clothes-hangers, they can breed in the dark.
How [...]

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