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2009 FT/Goldman Sachs Business Book Award
First draft of history
The credit crunch is expected to feature heavily among entries for this year’s edition, writes Andrew Hill
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Eleven Minutes Late
Matthew Engel makes 77 train journeys to explore Britain’s unrequited love of its railways
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The iron age
Margaret Thatcher’s emphasis on liberal economics changed Britain forever. Her legacy continues to be reassessed 30 years after she first came to power
Thatcher’s Britain
Margaret Thatcher
A Swim-on Part in the Goldfish Bowl
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