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Speakers cornered

2006-07-21T00:00:00Z

Charles Kennedy spills the beans on how he winds up John Prescott, we find out why Zizou will never get ahead, batty ways to stop planning approval, and a lady’s honour is rescued by some quick thinking

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Two titans

2006-07-14T00:00:00Z

Alan Sugar and Ray O’Rourke prepare to square up, Slough and a slag heap in Wales are voted areas of outstanding natural beauty and an energy quiz with a strong bias in favour of nuclear power

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Sons and lovers

2006-07-07T00:00:00Z

O’Rourke junior closes in on his old man’s job, a muscular architect dreams of forbidden love with a lady lawyer and a contractor turns its site office into an art gallery

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Plaque removal

2006-06-30T00:00:00Z

An awards ceremony without any prizes - or our man from the BNP; Caruso and the artistic temperament; school's out in Liverpool and Davis Langdon throws its weight around in Dublin

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Following the flock

2006-06-23T00:00:00Z

Sheep may have been the main attraction of Architecture Week, but animal-loving teen goths and children surprisingly well-versed in international politics also provided welcome diversions

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Hansom

2006-06-16T00:00:00Z

Accidents, disappointments and injuries abound this week as news breaks that Mr Justice Jackson won't be fit until the second round at the earliest

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Hansom

2006-06-09T00:00:00Z

Hold the back page! Judge hacked down in penalty area by midget builders in mystery car as council takes five years to fill a bath! Well, sort of …

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Hansom

2006-06-02T00:00:00Z

This week our fearless iconoclast takes on Eric Clapton, the British state and the England football team, yet is strangely sympathetic with Richard Bowker

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Hansom

2006-05-26T00:00:00Z

Rok rocks, Cyril Sweett hits eBay and descriptions of Amec and Alan Lovell prove elusive. At least you know where you are with building control …

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Hansom

2006-05-19T00:00:00Z

Could Wembley have a future as a volleyball court? Is the office market inspired by communists? We have the answers to these questions and more …

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Hansom

2006-05-12T00:00:00Z

Our man in the know tells us what to avoid on your honeymoon, when MPs should keep shtoom and how a ÐÇ¿Õ´«Ã½ columnist is setting off on the road to stardom

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Hansom

2006-05-05T00:00:00Z

This week we report the propaganda war between Multiplex and Cleveland Bridge, laugh in the face of the nationals and play hunt the steak and kidney pie

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Hansom

2006-04-28T00:00:00Z

More gossip detected by ÐÇ¿Õ´«Ã½'s giant ear, this week relating to political preferment, the battle for Battersea and an unlikely casting decision

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Hansom

2006-04-21T00:00:00Z

This week our confidence-o-meter shows high ratings for the man from Auntie but jitters for Jowell, a judge and what used to be known as the dome ...

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2006-04-13T00:00:00Z

How to host a football-themed awards ceremony: get various captains of industry to wear novelty scarves and make sure you invite Motty …

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2006-04-07T00:00:00Z

Our correspondent finds the industry criminal, politically incorrect, in denial, championed, deliriously happy and one Allen key short of an Ikea toolkit …

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2006-03-31T00:00:00Z

Grey vote, orange skin, pink porcelain and none-too-green denim star in this week's colourful round-up of construction chatter

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2006-03-24T00:00:00Z

Take the property industry to Cannes, add champagne, stir, and sit back and enjoy the petty recriminations, boat crashes and inappropriate 1980s dancing …

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2006-03-17T00:00:00Z

Alun Michael at an industry dinner proves to be as nervous as a Dartford warbler on a Berkshire housing development (for explanation, see below)

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Hansom

2006-03-10T00:00:00Z

Our correspondent stalks the corridors and canteens and, indeed, toilets of power this week in his endless search for those things the government doesn't want you to see