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...A Cage Went in Search of a Bird (Abacus)It’s the year for collaborative projects: this collection, timed to mark the centenary of Franz Kafka’s death, includes tales by the likes of Ali Smith, Naomi Alderman...
...Naomi Alderman’s The Power. The last sentence is pure gold. What books are currently on your bedside table?...
...James Eadie QC, representing the SFO, argued the agency had acted lawfully in allowing Mr Alderman to delegate to Ms Williamson and told the court that the reality of government meant that many decisions...
...There is one other woman alderman out of 25, but that doesn’t make a pipeline.”...
...Made CBE ● 2007 Elected alderman for the ward of Candlewick, City of London ● 2010-11 Sheriff of City of London ● 2013 Made lord mayor ● Interests A keen singer, she used to chair the Chelsea Opera Group...
...James Eadie QC, the SFO’s barrister, told the court: “Who was benefiting - who was driving - the deals that were being done?...
...A lack of resources was one reason why Richard Alderman, the former SFO director, was a keen advocate of settling cases. One such deal saw opprobrium heaped on the agency by Sir John....
...A lack of resources was one reason that Richard Alderman, the former SFO director, was a keen advocate of settling cases....
...“This has been a complex investigation involving a huge amount of evidence,” said Richard Alderman, the director of the SFO, in a statement....
...James doesn’t seem to have done anything wrong and he has been a good chairman of the company....
...Alderman is an uneasy writer....
...James Meeks, a black Baptist pastor and state senator, said Mr Emanuel had no political base in Chicago and was depending on his financial strength and White House connections....
...Tentative signs have emerged that the Serious Fraud Office, under Richard Alderman, its director, and the City of London police are taking a tougher approach....
...MEMBER, MBE Harold Alderman, boxing historian. Tim Brabants, Olympic canoeist. Mark Bristow, Paralympic cyclist. James Walter Butler, sculptor. Sophie Christiansen, Paralympic equestrian....
...Five of the SFO’s 15 top managers have left the organisation, including James Kellock, deputy director....
...People who know the SFO well say the flurry of senior departures – including James Kellock, deputy director – has sapped morale, particularly as there is as yet no clear plan for the agency’s future direction...
...The SFO has in the past few weeks announced the departure of about a third of its top management, including James Kellock, deputy director, who has been with the organisation since it was launched in 1988...
...In from Without The City ward of Bridge and Bridge Without will elect an alderman this Wednesday....
...Phillip was born nearby in 1738 in the ward of Bread Street, which is now represented as an alderman by Michael Savory, the Lord Mayor....
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