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It feels fashionable nowadays to give in to demands. Part appeasement, part assuaging guilt, part moral high ground. Yet when such demands are so outrageous as to be not only unfounded but also unduly crippling, why persist? As the ol' saying allows, you can change your mind when the

I've followed this story fairly closely. Mini-nuclear reactors, aka Small Modular Reactors (SMRs), are the future. After all, as the lay would say, 'we've had nuclear powered submarines for how long...?'. One of those long logical technological evolutions that only now can be seemingly

I once dealt with a particular London property company. One for whom the horrors I experienced sadly seem to have changed little in the passing quarter-century. I was astonished to discover allegations set out in a local report. Surely Wolf of Wall St, Glengarry Glen Ross, Boiler Rooming is by

I read a supposed industry exposé with a smile. Forecourt insiders spilling the beans on how to nab the often elusive discount on your new (or new-to-you) wheels. Many of the assumed techniques seem no longer to apply. Acting like you're not really interested. Heading for the youngest

Welsh comic actor, writer and impressionist Rob Brydon gave insight in what appears a brief yet crucial early step on the entertainment career ladder. Back around 1989. He landed a job presenting. On a short-lived tv shopping channel. He laughs off the episode now. Claiming to have put the unseemly