STEVE ANDREW enjoys an account of the many communities that flourished independently of and in resistance to the empires of old
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The mill stone around contemporary Britain’s neck
A wealth of information is let down by the final conclusions, writes WILL PODMORE
DOGMATIC MONOLITH: The Treasury building in London
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TOM STONE urges you to catch the last dates of a New York singer/songwriter, never afraid to challenge her audiences musically or politically
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The bard recalls advice received 50 years ago from his TRB muse, and sorts out appropriate legislation for football club ownership
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PETER MASON tunes his ear into the domestic affairs of a Carribbean couple with a troublesome son
Bankruptcy, bubbles and bailouts: The inside history of the Treasury since 1976
by Aeron Davis
Manchester University Press £16.99
THIS is a splendid survey of a key department of state. The Treasury dominates the state machine.
What is its purpose? The record shows that it consistently opposes our national industries, regional development, central planning, and much-needed infrastructure projects.
By contrast it always gives foreign companies incentives to move to Britain — regional development aid, free enterprise zones, free ports. It backs international finance against national industry.
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