Lobster Issue 80 (Winter 2020)
[PDF file]: And in 5th Place? The long march to Freeport UK Simon Matthews It’s a good job that the requirements for membership of the G7 are vague. The organisation started in March 1973 as the G5 with a decision to hold regular, informal meetings of the finance ministers and officials of the US, UK, West Germany, […]
Lobster Issue 78 (Winter 2019)
[PDF file]: South of the border (occasional snippets from) Nick Must The further adventures of Boris Johnson By the time you read this, the thrilling event that was ‘Boris on Brexit, Live’ 1 will have taken place. This Daily Telegraph event was due to happen on 26 March 2019. It is officially described thus: ‘Three days before […]
Lobster Issue 75 (Summer 2018)
[PDF file]: Mad men? Marketing the Third Reich: Persuasion, Packaging and Propaganda Nicholas O’Shaughnessy Routledge, 2017, £29.99 (p/b) Colin Challen The title of this book is both arresting, yet banal. And very chilling. To deal with the last point first: the twenty first century’s highly developed concept and practice of marketing is that you identify your market, […]
Lobster Issue 85 (Summer 2023)
[PDF file]: […] these (child sex abuse) allegations and we’re going to leave no stone unturned to find out the truth about what happened.” On 17 July 2014, Home Secretary, Theresa May, told Parliament she wanted: “No stone unturned in getting to the truth of what happened and ensuring that we learn the necessary lessons to protect children. […]