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An idiosyncratic stroll through matters of law, philosophy, language, technology, cricket and high finance — and nothing really penetrating to say despite taking 4,499 articles at last count — yes, you read that right — to say it.

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• Book reviews culled from twenty indolent years sounding off on Amazon;
  
• Obstinate views of ISDA and like-minded master trading agreements organised into evolving anatomy and nutshell guides which may be incomplete, out of date, out of touch, flippant — well, they are flippant — or total rubbish;
  
• Much ado about plain English, buzzwords, flannel, Latin, Greek, metaphor and eggs.
  

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