
New Crisp Flavour hits the spot…
After MoneySaving, crisps are a serious contender in my priorities list. Regulars will remember the favourite crisp flavours poll (which disgracefully saw MoneySavers favouring cheese and onion over the glory that is salt and vinegar) and my recent blog about trying to save tangy twiglets. Well fellow crisp lovers; I have some exciting news for you. On...

I’m very proud the MSG’s agreed to become the MSF
Just a little personal note. Over the Christmas period, I surprised the MSG by proposing via a Scrabble set on the top of Table Mountain at sunset (setting up the letters took a lot of pre-planning). And I’m more than delighted to say, she said yes and has become the MSF. Comment and Discuss P.S. Here’s the...

Barclays adverts make me want to growl!
Have you seen the bright blue full page adverts in the press for Barclays products? They make me growl; I’m quite staggered that it has the chutzpah to do it. Today’s advert: “A GREAT HOME FOR YOUR SAVINGS Day to day savings account 4.26% AER” Can you believe it is advertising and boasting about a rate of...

Good on you Rhydian; well done for explaining the real cost of talent show democratization
I love X-factor & never miss an episode. The MSG & I watched every second on both ITV1 and ITV2 on Saturday night and stayed in to watch the final with great excitement. The moment was deadened for us, with a travesty of a result which saw the back story beat the brilliance. My admiration for Rhydian’s...

How do you describe a website to someone who’s never used it?
We were just having a discussion in MoneySaving Towers…. My wonderful grandmother has never used the internet and very much struggles to understand ‘what I do’? So how do you succinctly and easily describe the internet to someone who has never used a computer? Suggestions welcome, we struggled. Comment and Discuss

The twiglets company should be ashamed.
At this time of year, my tongue turns to the tantalising temptation of tangy twiglets; yet having searched the supermarket there are none-to-be found. So honing the internet I do a search and find the line has been discontinued. What nonsense! Tangy twiglets are the only kind worth having. These wonderful Worcestershire source snack sensations were superb....

The seven stages of public recognition
When people I’ve not met before hear I’m on the TV, they often ask ‘are you famous then?’. I’ve still never managed to work out the appropriate answer so just tend to say “only to the people who know who I am”. Having become someone who is ‘known’ but not, thankfully, hit celeb status, I was thinking...

Harry Hill
I’ve always been a fan of Harry Hill. And having seen him many times, I was very proud at the time I was briefly dabbling with stand-up after uni that he even thought up a line to introduce me with, “Martin Lewis… parents great fans of The Professionals”. Yesterday I had to film a bit of ‘green...

A MoneySaving Dermatologist…
I needed to see a dermatologist the other week (don’t worry nothing too yucky), and whilst there we were talking about the exorbitant costs of some medications.

It Pays To Watch. My new series starting on Five in January.
Yay! It’s all been rather speedy, but starting on Wed 9 January, I’ve got a new prime time series every Wednesday night at 7.30pm for 10 weeks on Five TV. It’s called “It Pays To Watch”; and in many ways it’s the format I’ve always wanted to do. The aim’s simple; a magazine show to save people...
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