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James Purnell
Creative industries need another Great British Rebrand
...As a recent report by the President of the British Academy outlines, “public investment in R&D in the creative industries should reflect the size, economic contribution and future growth potential of the...
January 5, 2024
ReviewTelevision
The Rise and Fall of Boris Johnson Channel 4 — from Eton origin story to ‘hasta la vista’
...Later, an adviser mentions that neither he nor Johnson knew which side of the referendum he’d back 15 minutes before he announced his decision to support Leave....
March 4, 2024
FT Live
Inside Politics: who will win the UK general election?
Exclusively for FT subscribers
Wednesday, 8 MayDigital Conference
FT GlobetrotterGreener getaways from London
Grace & Savour — an epicurean escape in the West Midlands
...David trained under acclaimed English chef Glynn Purnell before moving to Norway, where he was part of the team that won three Michelin stars at Oslo’s Maaemo....
April 18, 2023
BBC
New BBC chief will inherit broadcaster under attack on all fronts
...“I’d be much less bothered about having a director-general who is an “editor-in-chief” than someone who is a truly pioneering media figure,” he said....
January 20, 2020
Books
What to read in isolation? Leading FT writers give their tips
...Rana Foroohar FT global business columnist I’d suggest Station Eleven, one of my very favourite books of the last few years....
March 20, 2020
Britain after Brexit
Theresa May’s Brexit legacy is a bitterly divided UK
...As Messrs Menon and Portes write, “most of those who voted Remain accepted that they’d lost and we were leaving; most Leave voters wanted a close economic relationship with the EU”....
July 15, 2019
FT Live
Business of Art
Market shifts and future growth
Monday, 7 October180 Studios, London, UK
Best of FT Weekend long reads 2019
How Oxford University shaped Brexit — and Britain’s next prime minister
...Arriving in Oxford from Eton in 1983, he had three aims, writes Sonia Purnell in Just Boris: to get a First-class degree, find a wife and become Union president....
September 18, 2019
World
BBC criticised over 10% pay rises for staff last year
...Letter in response to this article: BBC pay rise was in line with public sector cap / From Valerie Hughes-D’Aeth, BBC Group HR Director...
August 24, 2017
UK economy
Full list: how much are the BBC’s top stars paid?
...management £450,000 - £500,000 Tony Hall, director-general£400,000 - £450,000 Anne Bulford, deputy director-general£300,000 - £350,000 James Harding, director news and current affairs, Valerie Hughes-D’...
July 19, 2017
FT Magazine
Inside Formula One’s race for world domination
...“Some of the parts they make are pretty phenomenal — what you see on these cars, you will not find anywhere else — so it’s an R&D investment....
June 15, 2017
Robert Shrimsley
Tony Blair plans his second coming
...AC: Listen Tony, I’d love this to be true but you have to face facts. You are still a toxic brand. A lot of what has happened is a revolt against you and New Labour....
November 24, 2016
London fights for its future
Are London Tube strikes end of line for Boris Johnson’s popularity?
...“He himself acknowledged there’d be difficult times,” said a City Hall insider. “But far from this being a bad time denting his record, he’s meeting these challenges head on.”...
February 9, 2014
ReviewLife & Arts
Cinema reviews: Trance, In the House, One Mile Away and more
...Co-directed by Lisa Barros D’Sa and Glenn Leyburn, the film feels a little team-constructed....
March 27, 2013
FT Magazine
Gang of one: Penny Woolcock’s new documentary
...The men she got to know found it incredible that this woman in her sixties had never known anyone who’d been stabbed or shot....
March 15, 2013
FT Magazine
The culinary art
...Glynn Purnell, chef-patron of Purnell’s in Birmingham, inked a Michelin star on his thigh in celebration of receiving one, and Russell Norman, owner of Polpo, Polpetto, Spuntino and Da Polpo, got an octopus...
July 15, 2011
FT Live
FTWeekend Festival
Where the FT Weekend paper comes to life
Saturday, 7 September London, UK
Westminster blogJim Pickard
Further Reading
...: James Purnell has some thoughts George Osborne’s plans to dismember the FSA Paul Murphy on FT Alphaville dismembers Osborne’s arguments...
July 20, 2009
Social Media
Twitter a hit during week of drama
...Watson, whose roles in Westminster included advocating increased “digital engagement”, posted a link to his resignation letter on Twitter on Friday afternoon, adding: “I promised, Twitter friends, you’d...
June 8, 2009
World
Rebellion quelled – at a price
...Knowing he had to be in Normandy on Saturday for D-Day anniversary celebrations, filling ministerial seats and stabilising the situation was the priority....
June 5, 2009
UK politics
Labour’s rout sparks in-fighting
...“Why did so many tell pollsters that they would have voted for Ian Gibson if he’d stood as an independent? Why haven’t the independent candidates such as Craig Murray broken through?”...
July 24, 2009
NotebookRobert Shrimsley
Jail beckons for the Westminster gang
...to secure at least five A-C grade passes at GCSE … But Brian … …and that this compares to 65 per cent for Mr Cameron, 63 per cent for Mr Clegg, 59 per cent for Mr Salmond and just 48 per cent for Mr Purnell...
June 24, 2009
Retail sector
Asda plans to create 7,000 jobs
...James Purnell, work and pensions secretary, welcomed the moves from both supermarkets....
January 28, 2009
UK politics
Cameron steps nimbly on to Brown’s toes
...Any successful candidates will have to take the Tory whip, which might be seen as negating the raison d’être for standing in protest at the existing system....
May 24, 2009
UK politics
A tectonic shift could shake British politics
...On Saturday, the world’s attention was on the beaches of Normandy, 65 years after the D-Day landings. But another anniversary passed unmarked....
June 7, 2009
Philip Stephens
As the hurricane abates, a storm awaits
...James Purnell, even younger, calls for the government to rediscover its Blairite boldness....
September 22, 2008
NotebookWorld
So that’s why they call it Google Earth
...After the break, D.J. Collins, now Mr Barron’s boss at Google, was due to give a short presentation. I went back to the office to get on with work. Mr Barron stayed on to listen to Mr Collins....
August 6, 2008

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