December 2009
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Not the Nine O’Clock News: cult television for Thatcher’s children
Is it really 30 years since Not the Nine O'Clock News burst onto the scene as…
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A lesson in winter driving: get a Mini, drive slowly
Tonight, winter descended on south east England and thousands of drivers who had never driven in…
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A good day’s work: the end of the death penalty
Forty years ago today, the House of Lords voted for the permanent abolition of the death…
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Back to the future: a world before the web
Walking through Marylebone station today, it struck me that a visitor from just 20 years ago…
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The end of the cheque is nigh(ish)
Britain's Payments Council today announced that the humble cheque would be consigned to history in 2018 –…
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Remembering Sam Salt, Falklands war hero
The news of the death of Rear Admiral Sam Salt recalls memories of one of the most…
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The people’s champion: Wall Street Journal’s Patience Wheatcroft tells bankers to get real
The rebellion against bankers bonuses claimed an unlikely champion today as the European editor in chief…