{"id":95965,"date":"2018-08-13T23:48:27","date_gmt":"2018-08-13T16:48:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/gardening-with-the-red-trousers-brigade-brief-letters\/"},"modified":"2018-08-14T00:03:28","modified_gmt":"2018-08-13T17:03:28","slug":"gardening-with-the-red-trousers-brigade-brief-letters","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/gardening-with-the-red-trousers-brigade-brief-letters\/","title":{"rendered":"Gardening with the red trousers brigade | Brief letters"},"content":{"rendered":"


\nInterest rates | Poetry in newspapers | Minister spotting | Cat namesSome 35 years ago I was a researcher at London Business School, sharing our sole computer with the renowned (or infamous) Economic Forecasting Unit, led by Terry, later Lord, Burns, before he was appropriated by Margaret Thatcher to advise the government. I well recall the announcement (though not the reason for it) by an EFU colleague: \u201cWe will never see single interest rates again.\u201d If\u00a0there is one observation I have made since, it\u00a0is that all worldly things are subject to sudden, radical upheaval (Interest\u00a0rate \u2018will remain low for next 20 years\u2019, 10 August).Philip DowellBridport, Dorset\u2022 Absolutely agree with Fr Julian Dunn (Letters, 10 August). Please bring back the Saturday poems; and reviews and articles about poetry and poets. The poetic spirit of the old Saturday Review is sorely missed. Clare Addison Oxford Continue reading…
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