Worse than that, he evidently commanded it to be drafted in Times New Roman.

Oh, the ignominy of it.

I'm sure it's like riding a bicycle - you'd be back at full speed in no time!

A discounted cashflow forecast is a thing of beauty.

Even in the mid-90s, spreadsheets were v arcane knowledge, but I’d leaned the art at agricultural college using Visicalc.

As the only one in the office who used s/sheets, I could do a week’s work in around 2 days & bunk off to secretly do a PG law degree.

Seemed like a good idea at the time..

That it’s a report in the Mail, might possibly be a complete answer to any reaction of concern.

I'll probably be at a 31" neck by the time New Year rolls up.

I often wonder what goes on in the minds of people who (presumably) once wanted to be journalists, reporting the truth and exposing falsehoods, but who end up being paid to tell what they must know to be downright lies by propaganda sheets such as the Express.

Or Trading Places?

I don't understand what is written on the screen in this photo, but it gives me life. Is it Dostoevsky?

Do you have any hints on adopting a 'far-left woke stance'?

I'm assuming it's along the lines of a full on Linda Carter, but I'm prone to sciatica, so any low impact posing advice gratefully received..

I think that’s at the heart of this. I’m old enough not to have had a student grant & I never fail to reflect on how lucky I was for that.

My first job also didn’t expect me to do anything else for 2y other than follow my boss around soaking up the kind of lessons that no academic inst. teaches.

London property: 100-fold since 1970, vs 13-fold for general inflation.

😁

What's his German's name?

Can confirm. It's v good.

There's lots of good food to be had in Liverpool, but a safe choice (at a v good price) I'd recommend queensliverpool.co.uk