I wooed Bacon with Claridge's champagne but London gallery cheated me, says dealer

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Pace Gallery owner Arnold Glimcher alleges that artist Francis Bacon, who died in 1992, was blackmailed by Frank Lloyd, former Director of Marlborough Fine Art, into remaining with that gallery. Glimcher states that in 1978 he offered Bacon a deal with which he initially seemed very pleased but then suddenly turned down.

Museums and art galleries, Museums & Art Galleries, Museums, Cases, Crimes against, Extortion, Art industry, Art industries and trade, Bacon, Francis (Artist), Marlborough Gallery

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Top firms retreat into bunker to ward off anarchists

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Many UK companies are now running their internet operations on systems contained in The Bunker, a 300 ft-deep bunker near Sandwich, Kent. This facility gives the companies protection from the potentially damaging activities of anti-capitalist campaigners.

Computer Services NEC, Computer Systems Design and Related Services, Computer related services, not elsewhere classified, Computers, Safety and security measures, Digital computers, Computer services industry, Information technology services industry, Information technology services

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Volunteers who help Catalina defy the odds

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The charity Kids works with the parents of disabled children. Volunteers care for the children in order to give parents some free time, and children also receive structured home learning programmes.

SOCIAL SERVICES, Private Social Services, Social Assistance, Services for the Elderly and Persons with Disabilities, Social Services for Handicapped, Disabled children, Disabled services, Charities, Social services industry

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