Saturday, 30 November 2013

Tsar Boris of London and his cereal boxes

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‘The harder you shake the pack the easier it will be for some cornflakes to get to the top.’ These were the words of the Mayor of London ...
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Tuesday, 26 November 2013

Walking off from slavery by slipping invisible handcuffs

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Three women enslaved for more than thirty years have just been freed in London. Yes. That’s right. In London. In 2013. Curiously, they w...
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Sunday, 24 November 2013

Turning down an empty glass for Breda

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It’s such a cliché, someone discovering that you live in London, or Belfast, or New York, and asking ‘I have a friend who lives there. Do yo...
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Thursday, 21 November 2013

It's still a pleasure even if you just think you're enjoying it

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‘What is all this swimming business?’ a friend asks me, after reading my latest dirge on how ghastly the whole experience is. Well, I sho...
Tuesday, 19 November 2013

The salesman's 'yeah': businesspeak scales new heights

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Far too little attention has been paid to businesspeak, a language second to none in subtlety and indirection, leaving it with enough level...
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Sunday, 17 November 2013

When things are going swimmingly and only the coin is terrifying

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I may not be crazy about swimming, but persisting in going at awful o’clock in the morning does seem to be revealing a surprising streak o...
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Friday, 15 November 2013

Hell is other people. Or how one woman's music became another's noise pollution.

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Spare a thought for Laia Martín, a promising young pianist from Catalonia, now facing charges that could land not just her but her parents ...
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