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24 Jul THE INTERVIEW: Charlotte Semler – Too sexy for the money men, too

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Written for The Independent on Sunday, Jul 24, 2005 by Maggie Lee. Sex sells, they say, but sometimes even the lure of money is not enough to conquer the reserve of investment houses. Five years ago, Charlotte Semler and Nina Hampson, a former advertising executive and retail...

17 Jul Harry Goodman: He got his wings burnt but he’s back for more: the third coming of a travel tycoon

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Written for the Independent on Sunday, Jul 17, 2005 by Maggie Lee. Harry Goodman is just about to launch his third travel empire. The legendary leisure tycoon says he wants to set up ‘a specialist upmarket travel operation aimed at the grey market with worldwide cruising...

08 May ‘Hysterical and passionate’ ” he doesn’t act casual but he knows how

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Written for The Independent on Sunday, May 8th, 2005 by Maggie Lee. Johnnie Boden is a walking advertisement for his brand. Fresh- faced, slim and casually attired, the former public schoolboy looks just the sort of person who’d buy clothes from the Boden catalogue. The entrepreneur is...

27 Feb Brainpower pumps up the patents at Ark: Technology: Cardiovascular

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Written for The Independent on Sunday, Feb 27, 2005 by Maggie Lee. John Martin, professor of cardiovascular science at University College London and founder of Ark Ther-apeutics, is a man known to the police. It goes back to his student days. “I was driving an ice-cream...

12 Dec Analysis: Shut out of the male and pale boardroom

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Written for The Independent on Sunday, Dec 12, 2004 by Maggie Lee. `When I see a shortlist that includes a woman and someone from an ethnic minority, I automatically veer towards them. It’s hard for anyone to climb the greasy pole and all other factors being...

31 Oct Stem cell research: No ‘voodoo magic’. But maybe a miracle

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Written for The Independent on Sunday, Oct 31, 2004 by Maggie Lee. The biotech industry may not have woken up to it yet, but a Saudi doctor’s accidental discovery could herald a new future for one of medical science’s most controversial breakthroughs. Maggie Lee reports. Stem cell...