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  • July 16, 2007

    Fragments from a mind at war

    ...and style. Wonderful lines flashed by without the time to absorb and reflect: “France has the reactions of a shipwrecked vessel disturbed in its siesta”; “Acquiescence lights up the face. Refusal gives it beauty”; and the famous... By Clare Shine
  • June 6, 2009

    ‘Kursk’ at the Young Vic

    ...theatre company, they have already staged one story of sailors in extremis: The Watery Part of the World imagined the shipwrecked crew of a 19th-century whaling ship. So when a colleague suggested that they tackle the story of the Kursk, the idea took...spying. What if, the show asks, a British submarine was observing the Kursk? Would they have picked up on the Russian vessel’s fate and, if so, what could they have done? The ethical, political and human dilemmas would be acute. But perhaps... By Sarah Hemming
  • June 19, 2009

    Every man has an island

    ...individual learns to make do, piecing together his own small, improvised world from whatever flotsam can be salvaged. The shipwrecked characters in JM Barrie’s play The Admirable Crichton make a house for themselves by recycling bits of their damaged vessel; its steering wheel becomes a chandelier, a lifebuoy serves as a chair back, two barrels sliced in half make a settee... By Peter Conrad
  • June 22, 2007

    Spain pioneers policy on African migrants

    ...government was involved in round-the-clock negotiations with Malta and Libya after a Spanish trawler picked up 25 shipwrecked migrants and a corpse. After three days the fishing vessel was allowed to dock in Tripoli. Spanish diplomats fear that unless the flow of illegal migration is curtailed the humanitarian... By Leslie Crawford in Madrid
  • June 20, 2007

    Does selling a cherished brand have to be a PR nightmare?

    ...opportunity to show that private equity can maintain these brands while Ford cannot is blindingly obvious. And, when you're shipwrecked, you don't refuse help from a pirate vessel. The writer is co-founder of Luther Pendragon, a communications consultancy THE CONSULTANTAlan Middleton The issue... By Tom Davenport, Alan Middleton and George Pitcher
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