Cathedrals of coffee
Sitting opposite me in a corner booth of the New Piccadilly, Adrian Maddox is putting the world to rights. It is, perhaps, what people do - or used to do - in postwar Soho cafes - a bit of sociopolitical table-banging over endless mugs of Typhoo or cups of espresso.
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The Weekend Interview He is crazy, totally mad!" warns Carl Davis' wife as I enter the couple's townhouse, just off the King's Road in Chelsea.
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This week, at the height of the biggest political crisis of Vladimir Putin's presidency, two televised appearances illustrated two very different sides of Russia's leader.
One is a "statist" whose character was shaped by 15 years as an agent of the KGB. The other face is a pragmatic charmer with liberal inclinations, a man who sees the need to bring in foreign investment to help expand the economy - within controllable limits. Oct 31 2003 | Read

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