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Essex Boys case of traders accused of manipulating markets heads for trial | Stock markets

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Stock markets This article is more than 1 year old‘Essex Boys’ case of traders accused of manipulating markets heads for trialThis article is more than 1 year oldJudge unseals evidence of WhatsApp texts between UK-based men who reportedly made $700m on collapse of oil price in 2020 “Please don’t tell anyone what happened today lads x,” one of a group of traders dubbed “the Essex Boys” texted his colleagues as they reportedly made $700m on the collapse of the oil price in 2020. Read More...

From Split to Psycho: why cinema fails dissociative identity disorder

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SplitM Night Shyamalan’s new movie, Split, stars James McAvoy as a character with 23 different personalities. And, like most screen portrayals of the disorder, it is seen as dangerous and violent. But what’s the truth behind the stigma? Tom Hanks played six different characters in Cloud Atlas, Eddie Murphy played seven in The Nutty Professor and Alec Guinness notched up eight in Kind Hearts and Coronets. But James McAvoy sets a new benchmark with his new movie, Split. Read More...

How we made: XTC on Making Plans for Nigel

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‘That song is my life’ … from left, Terry Chambers, Andy Partridge, Colin Moulding and Dave Gregory. Photograph: © 2017 SweetTreats‘That song is my life’ … from left, Terry Chambers, Andy Partridge, Colin Moulding and Dave Gregory. Photograph: © 2017 SweetTreatsHow we madeCulture‘British Steel responded by rounding up a lot of workers called Nigel and getting them to say their jobs were actually great’ Colin Moulding, singer and songwriterMaking Plans for Nigel was my attempt at an Alan Bennett-type vignette about someone who’s a bit put-upon. Read More...

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