“To Elizabeth + Harold, Enjoy! Miranda Kaufmann” John Blanke, the Trumpeter Jacques Francis, the Salvage Diver Diego, the Circumnavigator Edward Swarthye, the Porter Reasonable Blackman, the Silk Weaver Mary Fillis, the Moroccan Convert Dederi Jaquoah, the Prince River Cestos John Anthony, Mariner of Dover Anne Cobbie, the Tawny Moor with Soft Skin Cattelena of Almondsbury, …
To begin with … Blunders, judgment calls and institutions An array of successes Horror Stories Blunders past and present A tax on heads Pensions mis-sold Support for children – or taxpayers? Britain exits the ERM ‘Cool Britannia’ The great training robbery Tax credits and debits Assets unrecovered Farmers fleeced IT – technology and pathology Down …
Introduction Nose Job: Tasting has little to do with taste I’ll Have the Putrescine: Your pet is not like you Liver and Opinions: Why we eat what we eat and despise the rest The Longest Meal: Can thorough chewing lower the national debt? Hard to Stomach: The acid relationship of William Beaumont and Alexis St …