He was born Hamish Watson, a surfie dude from Sydney – but he could morph into whatever you needed him to be. Hamish is due to be sentenced to jail in early 2019 for swindling a handful of victims out of more than $7m. But these crimes are just the final pages in a resume too thick to staple; for decades he’s duped victims in the US, Canada, Britain, Hong Kong and Australia. How did he do it? How did he evade authorities around the world for so long and what’s he done with all those tens of ...
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Britain is a country obsessed with class. But how well do any of us really understand class in 21st century Britain? Are we class clueless? Dr Faiza Shaheen, Director of the Centre for Labour and Social Studies (CLASS), explores the surprising reality of class in Britain today, speaking to some of the leading experts on how Britain votes, thinks and lives. And she sets out the case for why class still matters – and why getting it wrong would spell disaster for our society and politics.
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