Will Gore

How I overhauled my finances and found peace at 40 I'm calmer, happier and more prepared for the future

How I fell in love with Excel…
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Too many children are coddled by WFH parents – they need resilience The simple truth is that children whose parents have to work away from home sometimes get a raw deal

Letting children skip school for minor ailments isn’t a luxury working parents have. Will that make them more resilient in later life tho? I’m not convinced. Column for @theipaper.com inews.co.uk/opinion/too-...

Teens are more unmotivated at school than ever before - here's how to help them Children and young people face a particularly unnerving set of circumstances

Kids are increasingly unmotivated at school - some reasons why and some ways for parents to convince them to buck up… column for @theipaper.com inews.co.uk/opinion/teen...

The Good Old Days   Pity the poor children of today, with their calendars stuffed with chocolates,   never to know the thrill of opening a small cardboard door and discovering behind it   a picture of a bell. Brian Bilston

This poem is dedicated to anyone making a start on their advent calendar today.

i: Labour U-turn on worker rights– as PM denies Budget tax rises break promise #TomorrowsPapersToday

After 20 years of insomnia, here's how I survive with no sleep I've realised I might never be rid of my sleeplessness - and have come to see its hidden blessings

In case yesterday’s #budget wasn’t enough to get you nodding off, here is a piece about leaning into wakefulness for @theipaper.com inews.co.uk/opinion/20-y...

i: Reeves privately tells Labour MPs: I’ll hit wealthy with a mansion tax in Budget #TomorrowsPapersToday

THE i PAPER: UK to unveil stricter new 'Denmark-style' laws for migrants #TomorrowsPapersToday

Opinion | Directing ire at the King not only risks letting the former duke of York off the hook, it also runs the risk of damaging a monarch who is much more an asset to the United Kingdom than a liability

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Opinion | The pandemic exposed the shortcomings of a great many people, even if the consequences in most cases were of narrower significance than in Boris Johnson’s

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Opinion | William is the man who must one day be king. He can’t be the fun one, or the naughty one ... Perhaps that is why the princes once seemed to be the perfect double act – until they weren’t

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Forget the snatching of a cap off a child, no adult should be waiting in line for an autograph in the first place. Column for @theipaper.com

Yikes! Good luck!

Kids are away and it’s offering a peculiar glimpse into the future…
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I'm child-free for a week - it's made me dread an empty nest Will they cope in the big wide world? Will I cope without them?

Kids are away for the week, so I’m footloose and fancy-free. But the truth is, I don’t really like it! Column for @theipaper (£20 offer for annual subscription ends Monday) inews.co.uk/opinion/chil...

Finally, I have some common ground with Corbyn Allotments are hugely valued community assets

Finding common ground with Corbyn - on potatoes, not politics… Column for @theipaper.com inews.co.uk/opinion/fina...

Breaking news: Rushanara Ali has resigned as homelessness minister following The i Paper’s revelations that she threw four tenants out of her east London townhouse before relisting the property for £700 a month more in rent

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English domestic cricket is out of control All hail The Hundred, the great ECB train wreck

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Sausages and cheese, German supermarket

the scenario we all feared

Home Office bid to clear asylum backlog led to ‘serious errors’ in 9 per cent of cases An AI tool used to help decide asylum cases faster will be rolled out despite accuracy issues, with critics warning ‘life or death’ cases could be affected

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"Kamala Harris warned, correctly, that Trump would be a menace to democracy and the rule of law, but today she still is a politician in search of a programme," writes @sarahbaxterstm.

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If you're spending more than a fiver on a T-shirt, you're a mug Science proves what we've always known - expensive clothes don't last longer

Durability is my fashion icon. Column for @theipaper.com inews.co.uk/opinion/spen...

As a working parent, even spending £1,000 on childcare this summer wouldn't be enough Even if I find childcare for my kids, they'll mooch around, missing the camaraderie of the playground

Kids are licking their lips at the prospect of the long summer holiday. Working parents are desperately trying to sort out a logistical hellscape. Column for @theipaper.com inews.co.uk/opinion/work...

House flipping is becoming less profitable. Good House flippers made shelter a commodity - good riddance

The profits to be made from flipping homes are down. Good thing too. Column for @theipaper.com inews.co.uk/opinion/hous...

Shorts in the office? On your own head (well, legs) be it. But not ‘80s-footballer short, nor skater boi long please. Column for @theipaper.com

It's becoming harder to convince my kids there won't be a world war Still, it’s surely better to talk these things through than to avoid the news

I’ve been blithely reassuring my children for months that we’re not heading for World War III. It’s becoming harder to sound confident… Column for @theipaper.com inews.co.uk/opinion/beco...

I breakfast in bed every morning – it’s a game changer My routine creates a moment of calm before the hurly-burly of the day descends

Just finished my usual breakfast in bed. Give it a try! Column for @theipaper.com inews.co.uk/opinion/i-br...

I breakfast in bed every morning – it’s a game changer My routine creates a moment of calm before the hurly-burly of the day descends

Heatwave coming; sleep disrupted. The answer? Breakfast in bed. Column for @theipaper.com inews.co.uk/opinion/i-br...

'Boil in a bag' funerals will challenge British squeamishness about death The other options - being buried or being burned - are hardly much better

Wrote an upbeat piece for @theipaper.com about ‘boil in the bag’ funerals, and the importance of discussing death. I’m keen for a sky burial, if possible. inews.co.uk/opinion/boil...

Prince Harry’s dancing is an example to dads everywhere. It also offers a route back into the hearts of the nation, via a stint on Strictly... Column for @theipaper.com
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