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  • Oh What a Lovely Financial Scandal: Enron The Play

    Oh What a Lovely Financial Scandal: Enron The Play

    28th September 2009 | 2 comments | 0 votes yet, click here to agree or disagree

    It’s perhaps fitting that the programme accompanying the play ‘Enron’ looks more like an ‘A’ level text book than the plush, arty offering you normally buy in a theatre.  It wouldn’t be surprising if this play was on the English Literature syllabus for 2020, because ‘Enron’ is a vivid and entertaining depiction of what are turning out to be the defining events of our times – financial mismanagement and chaos....

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  • Does Empty Nest Syndrome Exist?

    Does Empty Nest Syndrome Exist?

    21st September 2009 | 2 comments | 0 votes yet, click here to agree or disagree

    Late September can be traumatic for some of Britain’s teenagers as they head off to university for the first time, what with living on your own and fending for yourself and all that. It’s not just these gilded youths, however, who face a difficult few weeks. Spare a thought for those of us who are left behind, the parents. Seeing our precious babies head out into the big wide world,...

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  • It’s Grim up the Studio

    It’s Grim up the Studio

    4th September 2009 | 0 comments | 0 votes yet, click here to agree or disagree

    Sir Terry Wogan asserts that news reading is the easiest job in media. As a former TV producer, I can't agree. Being an anchorman can sap the stamina and the will.

    For a start, autocues aren't as easy to read as you might think. Busy script writers commonly leave out or misspell words, or write long convoluted sentences against the pleadings of managers. The newsreader needs iron concentration to prevent being tripped up.

    Sometimes...

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William Llewellyn

William Llewellyn

I'm Bill Lllewellyn and I'm contemplating my next move after careers in investment banking and financial journalism. In a 25-year career I've been made redundant from City-related jobs four times. Maybe they are trying to tell me something.