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How do I ever get speaking gigs? I’m guessing it goes like this…

Plus: Seeing my father in the BT archive; and hoping for a normal new year

13 December 2014

9:00 AM

13 December 2014

9:00 AM

To Brighton, to address a conference of property investors. Unusually, I find myself programmed alongside both Gerard Lyons, City economist turned Mayor Boris’s adviser, who is notably upbeat in his forecast, and Robert Peston, who is distinctly downbeat in an extended after-dinner lecture with graphs, but gets away with it because his voice mannerisms are so compelling and women in the audience are fascinated by his new haircut.

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