There appeared to be more Bonham Carters flying around West London last week than pink birds of paradise
"Nice of him to dress up for the occasion," hissed the chairman of the insignificantly-sized investment company SmallBlue Planet as the perennially tieless John Duffield collected his Outstanding Achievement gong at the recent Investment Week Awards. "Don't be snitchy," I whispered back. "I know you thought you had that one in the bag but you have to admit the Dark Lord's contribution to Her Majesty's financial services industry has outweighed even your own. Put it this way, have you ever seen a SmallBlue Planet ad in Peckham?" "What's Peckham?" asked the chairman absent-mindedly. Despite...
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