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What were you doing this time 10 years ago?
It’s started. Oh god. It’s started. Nooooooooooo. My head being crushed by a cold, I was innocently surfing the Guardian website on Friday when I came across this, an introduction to a review of the noughties. Aside from causing me to hate the word ‘noughties’ even more, it made me swear very loudly and write […]
Irritating People #1 – The Cut Price Hero (or Heroine)
October 9, 2009
An occasional series, as usual. I’ve been meaning to park this one for ages. The Cut Price Hero is a man or woman who tells you, in proud and slightly hushed tones: ‘Last year, I bought my mother’s council house for her.’ Let’s stop there for a moment. How wonderful, you are meant to think, […]
The networking season begins
October 7, 2009
Well, it’s always the networking season, really, although this time of year always has that back-to-school feeling – back to roaring crowds in wine bars and Let Me Give You My Card. I figure it’s a numbers game for now, getting as much face time as possible with as many people as you can bear, […]
October 18, 2009
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