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Louis XIV

since 2025 › Feb › 10 (Mon) @ 10:44 UTC

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10 days ago

RUTH SUNDERLAND: This folly on pensions is straight from her mentor Gordon Brown's playbook

found 2025 › Nov › 26 (Wed) @ 21:50 UTC

a story from The Daily Mail 💩 › The Daily Mail

The art of taxation, according to Louis XIV's finance minister, Jean-Baptiste Colbert, is to pluck from the goose the maximum number of feathers while provoking the minimum of hissing.

13 days ago

RUTH SUNDERLAND: I fear Reeves will wreak irreversible harm on our pensions - just like her hero Gordon Brown did ⊖

found 2025 › Nov › 24 (Mon) @ 02:05 UTC

a story from The Daily Mail 💩 › The Daily Mail

The art of taxation, according to Jean-Baptiste Colbert, finance minister for Louis XIV, is to pluck from the goose the maximum number of feathers while provoking the minimum of hissing.

5 months ago

Jameela Jamil launches a tongue-in-cheek riot of a history show: best podcasts of the week

found 2025 › Jul › 07 (Mon) @ 06:45 UTC

a story from The Guardian ⚠️ › International

‘So-called sidechicks’ are celebrated in the presenter’s new show with a TikTok historian. Plus, a shocking investigation into gangs profiting from inheritance scams

Jameela Jamil and Dr Kate Lister h…

9 months ago

Sète: the seaside town with year-round sunshine in the south of France

found 2025 › Feb › 10 (Mon) @ 10:40 UTC

a story from The Guardian ⚠️ › International

Surrounded by canals, a lagoon and the Mediterranean, the port town has fabulous seafood and some quirky cultural traditions

While much of southern France closes its shutters for the winter, the fishi…

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