This week, yet another leaflet came through my letterbox asking for views on a development of 2,000 homes to be slapped up a few minutes away from said letterbox.
Marc Bruni's dazzling production of The Great Gatsby opened on Broadway last year and now - with a mostly British cast - bursts into life in the West End.
We're a good barometer for where insurance prices are heading for the rest of the year. Our car insurance is always up for renewal in the first week of January.