John Davies, head of exchange traded products Europe at Standard and Poor's in London talks about attending the V Festival and an alternative career in landscape gardening.
What are you currently reading? I have been a fan of Terry Pratchett's Discworld Fantasy Books for many years. Considering the financial turmoil we are currently living through, I thought it was apt to re-read Making Money [also by Terry Pratchett] which focuses on the management of the Royal Bank of Ankh-Morpork and the Royal Mint and specifically the introduction of paper money to the city. What is the next film you would like to see? Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy - the original 1979 TV series with Sir Alec Guinness was required viewing in my house when I was growing up. I am look...
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