"Interesting but irrelevant" - (Prof) Cedric Watts, 1967
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A multinational oil firm, which was led by a major Conservative donor, has admitted that its employees paid bribes to land contracts - but only admitted it to end a fraud investigation by the SFO. https://www.theguardian.com/business/2021/sep/24/tory-donors-oil-firm-admits-employees-paid-bribes-to-get-contracts?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other
Around the world political leaders are at pains to challenge the power of the Internet giants who have democratised public discourse, in itself a challenge to the power of political elites.
Lockdown can do strange things to you.
As Chair of Stepney’s Half Moon Theatre in the 1970s I was witness to an extraordinary chapter in its history.
The day I washed Jane Austen’s face, and wrote a diary entry I was not meant to,
Last chance to read about pebbledash, hairgel, a bootleg biography, beef casserole, red wine, and chickens. What is not to like?
