CRAIG BROWN: Of course I’m grumpy – life is very irritating! 

On Tuesday, I highlighted the case of Patrizia Reggiani, aka The Black Widow, who paid a hitman $300,000 to murder her former husband, Maurizio Gucci, the heir to the fashion family’s fortune. She insisted she was not motivated by hatred. ‘I didn’t hate Maurizio,’ she protested. ‘I never hated him. It was my irritation — … Read more

Fed up of the savings merry-go-round? Churning best-buy rates is irritating

Our third savings account of the year lasted a month.  Like many savers I was a bit miffed last week when NS&I cut the rate on its easy-access income bonds from a best buy 1.15 per cent to 0.01 per cent. Particularly as I’d only just transferred our money into them four weeks previously.  That was … Read more