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Diary from Kabul - A Message for Mr Cameron

A Message to David Cameron:War pays I can tell you. Kabul is a building site and the construction industry is booming off the back of reconstruction. Lebanon the same. What happens is this. Some foreign power, uninvited normally, bombs the hell out of your infrastructure until it resembles an archaeological...

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Alan Davey
Alan Davey

Building the Creative Workforce of the Future

With over a million 16 to 24-year-olds in this country out of work, perhaps the responsibility to provide real employment opportunities for young people should fall upon areas of the economy with the greatest prospects for growth.

The creative and cultural industries is one such sector, contributing more than £36.3...

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  • Posted 9 April 2012
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Susan Elia MacNeal

Winston Churchill Day: 11 Drinks Inspired by the Prime Minister

Of course, any and every day is perfect to celebrate the life and achievements of Winston Leonard Spencer Churchill (and Sir Winston, never falsely modest, would probably be the first to agree). However, today, April 9 is officially Winston Churchill Day -- commemorating the day in 1963 when the British...

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