Journalist, editor, ex-FT writer, sometime Forbes blogger + PR. Awarded press prizes from State Street bank + Czech Republic.
London, UK
Joined January 2013
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Just in case anyone missed this...Czech Beer Day in London's Notting Hill at the embassy was a grand affair with attendees outstripping the previously held one...#beer #CzechRepublic #Budweiser #Budvar #brewery #Czechia
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The end of an era! Classical Spectacular has left the building! Thanks for the memories @RoyalAlbertHall and thank you, thank you THANK YOU!!! @rpoonline @RaymondGubbay Onwards an upwards - well up to Manchester at 6am to open @JosephMusical this week! Bring it on ❤️🌈🐪 💥 – at London, England
The Independent writes: “What were hoped to be #Brexit “teething problems are in danger of becoming permanent, systemic ones”, group representing small businesses warns. And they haven’t got down to financial services yet. #trade #UK #EU @BBCKasiaMadera
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With West Ham FC standing nicely in 4th place in English Premiership + a couple of #Czech footballers having a hand in that here’s some footie speculation via #Kafkadesk. #Czechia
#CzechRepublic #Slovakia #FIFA #WorldCup #Bohemia #Czechoslovakia #westham
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Thank you so much for the article @AitkenRL ❤️❤️
Award-winning songwriter Katy Carr’s latest #album, Providence, gets my review - thumbs up. #Songs inspired by dream sequence. Refs to George Orwell,
Oscar Wilde, #Polish legends + Queen Boudicea set in post WW2 #Hampstead. @BBCKasiaMadera @katycarrmusic
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Award-winning songwriter Katy Carr’s latest #album, Providence, gets my review - thumbs up. #Songs inspired by dream sequence. Refs to George Orwell,
Oscar Wilde, #Polish legends + Queen Boudicea set in post WW2 #Hampstead. @BBCKasiaMadera @katycarrmusic
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Agreed. I think at this point we should vaccinate the most vulnerable because vaccines are limited. When Astro is approved ( which should be soon) they absolutely should prioritise essential workers.
Wonder if Elon Musk has seen this? The world is certainly having a “rapid unscheduled disassembling” of late on a few fronts. @RebeccaJonesBBC
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Arguing over Scotch egg: Tory MP & govt min. Michael Gove quizzed on Good Morning Britain today w/ Piers Morgan on what constituted a ‘substantial meal’ (for pubs) couldn’t describe it - except was “well defined under law.” Does he have any clue? You’d think he’d have the facts.
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We face a jobs emergency and a climate emergency.
It's time for a bold and ambitious plan to deliver hundreds of thousands of jobs which can also tackle the climate crisis.
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Iain Duncan Smith tells Joe Biden to 'butt out' of Brexit theneweuropean.co.uk/brexit-…
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Argentina’s dollar shortage, fueled by a growing crisis of confidence, is threatening to wipe out the country’s dwindling foreign reserves wsj.com/articles/argentina-r… via @WSJ
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Trillions of dollars in assets are managed by financial professionals who are completely overlooking #climatechange risks: bit.ly/3kKqlzS by @AitkenRL
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Second homes are scandal, depriving local people of places to live, driving up prices, destroying community. It is massively under-reported in the media. Why? Because, in my experience, almost all the people in senior positions have one.
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France's top-tier bank #SocGen called out over "misleading" + sham coal-exit strategy. Comes as one of 'Trois Vieilles' of #French #banking posted c.$1.5bn quarterly loss - worst since rogue trader dented 2008 accounts. #environment #fossilfuels #climate triplepundit.com/story/2020/…
