Leo Benedictus

Leo Benedictus is a journalist who lives in London.

Early Swerves: Magnus Mills

Leo Benedictus, 6 November 2003

For a brief time, a few years ago, I was employed as a temp at the Public Trust Office, one of the grey government monoliths that no one notices in Central London. What this office does, I never discovered. I asked my colleagues and they didn’t know. There were muttered guesses from a few that it was ‘something to do with law’. Almost all of them were temps too, so perhaps...

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