Articles

Online & Print Articles, Blogs

Alvin Hall has written articles and weekly columns for online blogs and publications, and has contributed to many print publications including many of the main newspapers and magazines in the UK. A brief sample is below:

  • 2022

    Alvin Hall - My Week

    Alvin Hall – My Week

    August 18, 2022
    Life is full of trials and decorating your home is definitely up there

    Alvin Hall - My Week

    Alvin Hall – My Week

    July 7, 2022
    Nature connects us to something greater than ourselves

    Alvin Hall - My Week

    Alvin Hall – My Week

    June 2, 2022
    Time to honour and celebrate my friends who have passed

    Alvin Hall - My Week

    Alvin Hall – My Week

    April 28, 2022
    A full-circle moment as I paid it forward to the next generation

    Alvin Hall - My Week

    Alvin Hall – My Week

    March 24, 2022
    The train is coming, so it's time to focus on what's essential

    Alvin Hall - My Week

    Alvin Hall – My Week

    February 17, 2022
    The good and bad dreams that help me hit those deadlines

    Alvin Hall - My Week

    Alvin Hall – My Week

    January 13, 2022
    Good times and bad times give us wisdom we can carry forward

    Alvin Hall - My Week

    Good Housekeeping article

    January 2022
    "Manage Your Money Like A Pro"

  • 2021

    Alvin Hall - My Week

    Alvin Hall – My Week

    November 25, 2021
    Giving thanks for wonderful food and people

    Alvin Hall - My Week

    Alvin Hall – My Week

    September 9, 2021
    Fitting location to remember day that changed our world

    Alvin Hall - My Week

    Alvin Hall – My Week

    August 12, 2021
    Making a great restart of it in old New York

    Alvin Hall - My Week

    Alvin Hall – My Week

    July 15, 2021
    The healing magic of an embrace from a stranger

    Alvin Hall - My Week

    Alvin Hall – My Week

    June 3, 2021
    Escaping the city to rejuvenate with art and green views

    Alvin Hall - My Week

    Alvin Hall – My Week

    April 22, 2021
    Lost for words as I watch my beloved New York slowly come back to life

    Alvin Hall - My Week

    Alvin Hall – My Week

    February 25, 2021
    My trip down memory lane was good for the soul

    Alvin Hall - My Week

    Alvin Hall – My Week

    January 14, 2021
    Putting faith in friends for an art movement

  • 2020

    Alvin Hall - My Week

    Alvin Hall – My Week

    December 10 2020
    Think outside the box to make it a better Christmas

    Alvin Hall - My Week

    Alvin Hall – My Week

    October 15 2020
    We earned our precious votes the hard way

    Alvin Hall - My Week

    Alvin Hall – My Week

    October 1 2020
    A book of revelations

    Alvin Hall - My Week

    Alvin Hall – My Week

    September 17 2020
    Scratching my itch to be in the presence of art

    Alvin Hall - My Week

    Alvin Hall – My Week

    July 30 2020
    Great words, like great art, never lose their power

    Alvin Hall - My Week

    Alvin Hall – My Week

    June 25 2020
    Bucolic feelings as nature reclaims the city

    Alvin Hall - My Week

    Alvin Hall – My Week

    April 2020
    New York’s lockdown state of mind

    Alvin Hall - My Week

    Alvin Hall – My Week

    February 2020
    "It's good to see different groups in my life blending"

    Alvin Hall - My Week

    Guest Critic: The Death Issue

    February 2020
    "When I asked Natasha Becker, Fraser Brough, Jonathan Calm, Dan Cameron, Wardell Milan, Stephen Perkinson, and Nico Wheadon to write for this Critics Page, I wanted each of them to take me, and you, on their journeys about the relationship between death and art to see what each of them would teach us, to see what each of us would gain."

  • 2019

    Alvin Hall - My Week

    Alvin Hall – My Week

    11 December, 2019
    Cakes and pies baked with love a recipe for hope in hard times

    Alvin Hall - My Week

    Alvin Hall – My Week

    24 October, 2019
    Recognition of art was a moment of a lifetime

    Alvin Hall - My Week

    Alvin Hall – My Week

    22 August, 2019
    You never move forward when dragging ghosts

    Alvin Hall - Vince Aletti's New Book Is A Masterclass In Fashion Photography

    Modern Luxury - Manhattan

    23 July, 2019
    Vince Aletti's New Book Is A Masterclass In Fashion Photography

    Alvin Hall - My Week

    Gotham (online)

    24 June, 2019
    Maison 10 Shows Its 'Queer Pride Love' With New Offerings

    Alvin Hall - My Week

    Alvin Hall – My Week

    6 June, 2019
    The shear joy of giving books knows no bounds

    Alvin Hall - My Week

    Alvin Hall – My Week

    28 March, 2019
    The gift of giving has really put a spring in my step

    Alvin Hall - My Week

    Alvin Hall – My Week

    24 January, 2019
    Retiring friends are moving and taking my past with them

  • 2018

    Alvin Hall - Waitrose Weekend

    Waitrose Weekend – Alvin Hall

    20 December, 2018
    "Every Christmas Eve I go for a long, late-evening walk."

    Alvin Hall - Waitrose Weekend

    Waitrose Weekend – Alvin Hall

    22 November, 2018
    Why budgeting at Christmas is liberating

    Alvin Hall - My Week

    My Week – Alvin Hall

    11 October, 2018
    Through despair and hope, it's the circle of friendship.

    Green Book Project - Alvin Hall

    Green Book Project

    22 August, 2018
    Reflections on the story of an African American travel guide during the segregation era.

    Keys to Financial Freedom in Retirement - Alvin Hall

    Alvin Hall ’74 on How To Tell a Good Story

    Winter 2018
    Bowdoin Ask Us

    Slow days bring singular pleasure - Alvin Hall

    My Week - Alvin Hall

    2 August 2018
    Waitrose Weekend – Slow days bring singular pleasure
    waitrose.com

    Keys to Financial Freedom in Retirement - Alvin Hall

    My Week - Alvin Hall

    15 March 2018
    Waitrose Weekend – Positive change and cash gifts
    waitrose.com

    Keys to Financial Freedom in Retirement - Alvin Hall

    Keys to Financial Freedom in Retirement - Alvin Hall

    I-MAGAZINE January - December 2018
    The anniversary edition of I-MAGAZINE featuring Alvin Hall
    issuu.com

  • 2017

    My Week - Alvin Hall PDF download

    My Week - Alvin Hall

    23 November 2017
    Waitrose Weekend – Thanksgiving
    waitrose.com

    My Week - Alvin Hall PDF download

    My Week - Alvin Hall

    4 May 2017
    Waitrose Weekend
    waitrose.com

  • 2016

    How to be Debt-Free PDF download

    Save, save, save
    before you spend
    says financial guru Alvin Hall

    2 January 2016
    Waitrose Weekend
    waitrose.com

     
  • 2014

    How to be Debt-Free PDF download

    How to be Debt-Free

    WOMANSOWN.co.uk

     

    TES Global Ltd

    Miss Williams and Miss Triplett by Alvin Hall

    TES Connect Magazine, June 18, 2014

  • 2013
    Understanding the Financial Markets

    Understanding the Financial Markets

    El Diario/La Prensa, and the Hispanic Organization for Leadership and Achievement (HOLA) at the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE), Fall 2013

    Perspectives

    Bring Order from Chaos
    Perspectives, Spring 2013

    Could equity release save you from the ticking time bomb? intouch Magazine, Key Retirement Solutions, 2013

    National Public Radio

    Save Your Dough

    Morrison's Employee Financial Education Program, 2013

     
  • 2012
    National Public Radio

    Alistair Cooke's Top 12 Letters from America - as selected by Alvin Hall

    Gain further insight into Alvin's exploration of Alistair Cooke's Letters from America, recently broadcast on BBC Radio 4.

    Diversity

    Photography Changes Our Sense of Financial Security

    Photography Changes Everything, 2012

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    Diversity

    MoneyTalk with Alvin Hall

    Myfuture, Fidelity’s Pension Magazine, Summer 2012

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    MoneyTalk with Alvin Hall

    My Future, Fidelity’s Pensions Magazine, Spring 2012

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  • 2011
    BBC Radio 4

    Alvin Hall's Blog

    Follow Alvin's blog on cash-is-cool.com. Alvin will be offering exclusive monthly insight into how best to manage your money; as well as offering advice in response to readers' financial dilemmas.

    Atlantic Tribune

    The Debt Ceiling and Your Money

    Atlanta Tribune, The Magazine, October 2011

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    Diversity

    Financial Awareness: Asking the Right Questions

    Racing Toward Diversity, Summer 2011

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    theVineJune2011

    Making Money, Making Sense

    The Vine, June 2011, Cover Story

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    BBC online

    Poorer Than Their Parents articles

    Learn more as Alvin takes a deeper look into the topics presented in his show Poorer Than Their Parents for BBC Business News online.

    BBC online

    Celebrity internships: Success for sale

    BBC News, July 21, 2011

    Click!

    Photography changes our sense of financial security
    Click! Photography Changes Everything

    The Mirror

    Protect your relationship from money traps

    The Mirror, 3 Feb 2011

  • 2010
    Alvin Hall

    The Scarlet Letters

    Zing Magazine, November 2010

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    Alvin Hall

    Your Money Answered

    Woman & Home, November 2010

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    Alvin Hall

    Can you get a degree without the debt?

    Radio Times, July 31-August 6, 2010

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    Alvin Hall

    What I learned about Social Entrepreneurs

    Entrepreneur’s Digest, Singapore, March/April 2010

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  • 2009
    Alvin Hall

    Alvin's Money Savers

    Reveal, 28 November 2009

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    Alvin Hall

    Alvin's Money Savers

    Reveal, 21 November 2009

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    Alvin Hall

    Alvin's Money Savers

    Reveal, 14 November 2009

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    Alvin Hall

    Alvin's Money Savers

    Reveal, 8 November 2009

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    Alvin Hall

    Alvin's Money Savers

    Reveal, 1 November 2009

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    Alvin Hall

    Alvin's Money Savers

    Reveal, 25 October 2009

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    Alvin Hall

    Alvin's Money Savers

    Reveal, 18 October 2009

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    Alvin Hall

    Alvin's Money Savers

    Reveal, 10 October 2009

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    Alvin Hall

    Alvin's Money Savers

    Reveal, 2 October 2009

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    Alvin Hall

    Alvin's Money Savers

    Reveal, 26 September 2009

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    Alvin Hall

    Alvin's Money Savers

    Reveal, 19 September 2009

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    Alvin Hall

    Alvin's Money Savers

    Reveal, 12 September 2009

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    Alvin Hall

    Alvin's Money Savers

    Reveal, 5 September 2009

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    Alvin Hall

    Teach your kids the true value of money

    MoneyPlus, 2009: Isuue 1

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    Alvin Hall’s Emergency Money Measures

    Attitude, March 2009

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  • 2008
    Alvin Hall

    Get out of debt

    Ebony, January 2008

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  • 2007
    Alvin Hall

    Have you organized your future wealth?

    Standard Life, Winter 2007

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    Alvin Hall

    Cure for the holiday hangover

    The Times, December 1, 2007

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  • 2005
    Alvin Hall

    Do You Need Wallet Botox?

    Cosmopolitan UK, June 2005

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    Alvin Hall

    At Home with Alvin Hall

    April 2005

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  • 2004
    Alvin Hall

    At Home with Alvin Hall

    April 2004

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  • 2003
    Alvin Hall

    At Home with Alvin Hall

    April 2003

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  • 2001
    Alvin Hall

    The gospel according to Alvin

    Advantage, Spring 2001

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  • 2000
    Alvin Hall

    Spend, spend, stop!

    Radio Times, January 2000

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