You wake up and wish you hadn't. Do you ring work to let them know you're sick or do you go in, expecting brownie points for dedication to duty? Hugh Wilson on the sicknote dilemma.
That most British of institutions, the Royal College of Nurses, is about to do battle with the Government over nurses' pay, yet their champion is a woman from Kentucky whose reputation is for possessing that most un-British characteristic... straight talking.
You've struck out and set up your own business - but can you afford to insure yourself in case things go wrong? Part two in a series on insurance for different stages of life.