I have to admit that moving back to the UK after having lived in the USA for the last fifteen years is a bit of a reverse culture shock for me in many ways.   Fifteen years is long enough to get past most of the pangs of missing things from where you came and also [...]

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Peronally, I think 2009 is going to be a tough year for many people – too many people, and definitely having a secure job is a new status symbol. But defining safe? I don’t think you can.

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