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November 20, 2009
Friday
 
 
Toby Baxendale
Brian Micklethwait (London)  Activism • Globalization/economics

I recently recorded a conversation with Toby Baxendale, who owns and runs a fish distribution empire, and who is the founder of the Cobden Centre. Listen to it by clicking here.

Our chat lasted about fifty minutes and a lot of interesting biographical and intellectual ground is covered. For the benefit of those for whom that is rather a long time to spend listening to talk, I have written at greater length about listening to and learning about this interesting and formidable man here.

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Brian, I have just listened to it. Excellent. Toby comes across as what he is: a thoroughly nice and admirable person with a lot to say. And he's still pretty young.

One of the takeaways from the interview is the strong philanthropic side.

And I have spent more time than I probably should in that old nightclub of his. (ahem).


Posted by Johnathan Pearce at November 21, 2009 06:17 PM

JP

Thanks for listening. Baxendale is not exactly a household name, yet, so I don't expect huge numbers of people to listen to this straight away. But, it will always be there, certainly for the next few years, and your encouragement can only help.


Posted by Brian Micklethwait at November 21, 2009 06:30 PM
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