GEORGE NIXON: Could handing out more debt make our finances even worse?

Back in early January, when corona was just a mediocre beer, the Bank of England published something odd. For the first time in six-and-a-half years, people paid back more than they borrowed on credit cards. And as unusual as the statistic itself was the bank’s reaction to it. ‘The extra amount borrowed by consumers in … Read more

Is mortgage ‘mis-selling’ the new PPI? GEORGE NIXON investigates

‘You could be entitled to compensation up to £250,000’, ‘thousands owed for hidden loan charges and mortgages’ and ‘don’t delay – start your free application today’. Barely were my feet back under the desk in 2020 before I was bombarded with emails telling me I could be entitled to compensation for a mis-sold mortgage. In … Read more

Mystery of Sammy Davis Jr’s hug with Richard Nixon revealed

Sammy Davis Jr. hugged former President Richard Nixon at a campaign rally because he was going to ‘alleviate’ the burden of the singer’s tax bill.  Clarke Peters, who played Lester Freamon in HBO’s The Wire, has been delving into the musician’s past for an upcoming musical he’s directing about Davis called ‘Sammy’ at the Lyric … Read more