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Geek who brought chaos to the financial world – from his bedroom in his parents’ semi in Hounslow

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BOOK OF THE WEEK FLASH CRASH    by Liam Vaughan (William Collins £20, 272 pp) Nearly a decade ago, a joke appeared on the internet chat forums used by traders in the financial markets. ‘One day, years from now,’ it ran, ‘a trading desk will typically consist of three things. A man, a dog and a … Read more

TV wildlife expert spends £22,000 transforming his humble semi into indoor Borneo rainforest

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A TV animal expert who spent £22,000 building a tropical jungle inside his Oxfordshire home admits he is kept awake at night – by the animals’ mating calls. Warwick Vardy spent 20 years travelling the world locating, studying and collecting wildlife for hundreds of nature programmes for the BBC, National Geographic and Sky. Inspired by … Read more