“... of the Haven to our left. On the far side a cluster of white lights marked North Sea Camp, where Jeffrey Archer served his sentence for perjury.Cross is fifty, a big, gently spoken man with a young dog. He loves the marsh. ‘I’ve not come so much this year, because my mum, as you know, my mum passed away. She’s had cancer and that, so she just ...”

“... rear, a speakeasy with overpriced drinks and mad people, open all hours. There was another one in Archer Street and one in Wardour Street and one further along in Beak Street. These were rooms with tacky carpets and ruined people for whom the morning was a long way down. I guess I could have gone home, but something in me wanted to stay, and so I did. When ...”

“... 1987 led to the conviction of, most notoriously, Michael Milken; the bust of 2000 led to that of Jeffrey Skilling at Enron, Bernie Ebbers at WorldCom, Dennis Kozlowski at Tyco; and has also led to Black’s court case. Yet such scandals never occur while the market is booming. Go figure. At the time of its public flotation in 1996, Hollinger ...”