Audio Version: WLM 18 - Der Peitsche
With sound effects and some good music
It was 8.30 on Saturday morning when George had a phonecall from a friend of his. Mr ‘X’, as he prefers to be known, had been telephoned by a journalist from a Sunday tabloid to ask if he, Mr ‘X’, thought it was [...]
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Audio version of West London Man (17): Jolly snorting weather
“Henley Royal Regatta was first held in 1839 and has been held annually ever since, except during the two world wars. Originally staged by the Mayor and the people of Henley as a public attraction….” …. zzzzzzzz…
George yawned as he read the information on the Henley [...]
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Audio Podcast version: West London Man (16)
“I busted a mirror and got seven years bad luck, but my lawyer thinks he can get me five.”
Stephen Wright, American actor and writer.
Wimbledon ticket prices plummeted when Andy Murray crashed out of Wimbledon after his straight sets defeat at the hands of the incredible hulk. Caroline has [...]
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Audio version - West London Man (15) : 15 - Love to George
The English summer continues. Ascot has, thankfully, passed into memory and George has two tickets to watch the Murray v Haas game at Wimbledon. Caroline has tickets for the second week. George, it has to be said, has [...]
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Audio podcast version: West London Man 14: Royal Ascot
The Summer Season progresses and today is the first day of Royal Ascot. George has taken the day off to take Caroline to the races. George did a great deal of research, read the website carefully, and decided to go with a black Silk [...]
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Audio Podcast version of West London man (13): Friday 13th
It had not been a good day for George. in fact, predictably, it had been a very bad day. The oil strike wasn’t going as well as hoped. Shell had filled up all of their petrol stations well in advance and most stations [...]
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George has just talked to one of the analysts at work in The City. He calls his wife Caroline who is at home. Caroline went out to a very long lunch the day before and is sleeping in. Her Mother stayed over and is looking after the chidren.
Ring… ring…. ring…. ring…
Caroline: Hello.
George: [...]
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Audio Version: West London Man (11): Biscuits…
Friday 6.00 pm: George calls Hugo his friend who works for a City Law Firm. Caroline has called to say that she is going out for drinks with an old friend and that her mother is looking after the children for the evening.
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Ring… ring…. ring…. ring
Hugo: Hello
George: Hugo, it’s [...]
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George is at work in The City. Caroline has taken the children to a private nursery for the morning and has parked her 4X4 in a quiet road in West London. She has to talk to a friend and former colleague at the weekly magazine she used to write for.
Ring…. ring… ring ring….
Receptionist: [...]
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West London Man (9): Short suits and other matters - Audio version
West London Man has been dealing with domestic matters for the last few days. Caroline is still mourning the loss of Katja, the nanny / housekeeper, who is now doing world class M&A analysis for Bank Polski back in her native Poland. [...]
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West London Man 8: Audio version
George and Caroline went to a black tie supper party on Saturday. One of George’s ex-girlfriends, the wife of another guest at the party, told George that her investment banker husband was about to be fired in the next round of credit-crunch ‘re-structures’ and asked George if [...]
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Audio Version: West London Man (7) - Pre-dinner
Saturday evening 7.00 pm: George and Caroline are having a glass of wine and a dance in the drawing room of their graciously appointed West London home. They are going to a black tie supper party with West London friends. They have cracked open a [...]
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George and Caroline are at home … about to settle down after dinner to look at the architect’s plans to develop their West London home.
Caroline: So you decided not to go to The Chelsea Flower Show?
George: Well… I had a fairly good tip that this year they were going to recycle the show [...]
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AUDIO VERSION
Complete with music and realistic sound effects…. Here
(With an amusing recording of real cricket commentators - a classic piece of cricket commentating history)
West London Man rose early, as the light pushed through the clouds of a West London dawn. It looked like rain…
George took especial care to shave and dress in a cream linen [...]
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West London Man had been keeping his eye on the credit-crunch, the Northern Rock fiasco, the fall in house prices and the curious business of high street banks increasing their interest rates while The Bank of England reduces interest rates.
He did his research on house re-possession auctions… but the properties available were not, yet, [...]
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West London Man talks ‘Stagflation’…
Audio version: Here
West London Man was at his desk in the City at 6.30 am the other morning. Stagflation was not a happy headline in The Independent. He calls a friend… and has to leave a message.
“Hey… The Indie is going with The Stagflation story… yeah… stagnant output…high [...]
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Audio version: West London Man (2) - A trip to Lords is coming up
” Caroline… have you seen that MCC tie I bought on Ebay a couple of weeks ago?”
West London Man is in his study at his Chiswick home answering emails. He is thinking about the trader he fired at the [...]
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Audio version: West London Man (1) - With the first hot weekend of summer
And so… with the first hot weekend of summer… West London Man (WLM) has been to Sainsburys Homebase, purchased some charcoal, and a new barbecue. He has been to Macken Brothers in Chiswick for choice cuts of meat and sausages and [...]
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