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Robert Smith @bondhack.ft.com · 19/09/2026

Controls it in a way that allows a bankrupt person to remain in her home...

Robert Smith @bondhack.ft.com · 18/09/2026

Very 🤔 from the Guardian. A shame because the piece delves into aspects of the trial we didn’t have room for (as we used up a lot of word count revealing how Delo took control of Power’s property after the trial etc) www.theguardian.com/politics/202...

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Robert Smith @bondhack.ft.com · 17/09/2026

Character length. She’s described that way in copy!

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Robert Smith @bondhack.ft.com · 17/09/2026

"Yes, humanity got destroyed. But for a beautiful moment in time we created a lot more LinkedIn posts." alignment.openai.com/misalignment...

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Robert Smith @bondhack.ft.com · 11/09/2026

Amazing how many times Gordon Rayner of the Telegraph has front-run more critical reporters’ Reform scoops this year. Spoilers-as-a-service.

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Robert Smith @bondhack.ft.com · 08/09/2026

top-tier financial memeage from @sindap.bsky.social on Apollo www.ft.com/content/98d0...

Nathan Fielder serves a dish of nothing to illustrate the poor experiences Wall Street creditors have had negotiating with Apollo portfolio companies.

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Robert Smith @bondhack.ft.com · 04/09/2026

I had been hoping to have a Black Velvet in Sweetings in Nige's honour for lunch, but it's sadly still closed for renovations. Had to settle for fish and chips and a Guinness in the Sugar Loaf nextdoor 🫠

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Robert Smith @bondhack.ft.com · 03/09/2026

I mean Michael Crick tweeted about it a couple of days ago, so journalists who saw that knew something of this nature was imminent yeah

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Robert Smith @bondhack.ft.com · 03/09/2026

Wachtell Lipton has published their investigation on behalf of the NBA into the Clippers affair and it’s a huge vindication of Pablo’s reporting www.wlrk.com/docs/Report_...

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Robert Smith @bondhack.ft.com · 09/08/2026

Amazing this guy pre-emptively satirised Pearson’s tweet several days earlier!

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Robert Smith @bondhack.ft.com · 09/08/2026

Wow: Allison Pearson is obviously too modest to be overt about this, but a close reading of this tweet indicates she got into Cambridge having attended a comprehensive school. Truly grateful she shared her humble perspective on this!

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Robert Smith @bondhack.ft.com · 07/08/2026

we're actually not far off now www.theatlantic.com/books/2026/0...

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Robert Smith @bondhack.ft.com · 05/08/2026

Gotta hand it to Jason: he always gave it 110%!

“The findings include false funding declarations; participant quotes that appear to have been taken from another researcher’s own analysis; and “impossible” samples, such as a breakdown of his participants’ genders, which adds up to 110 per cent.”

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Robert Smith @bondhack.ft.com · 05/08/2026

Although I should say, if you read the full story, the police warned the journalist to stop contacting Arday. Which is absolutely crazy (the reporter was doing his job!) and may be a contributing factor in killing the story.

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Robert Smith @bondhack.ft.com · 05/08/2026

Yeah, also if you read the full story, the police warned the journalist to stop contacting Arday. Which is absolutely crazy (the reporter was doing his job!) and may be a contributing factor in killing the story.

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Robert Smith @bondhack.ft.com · 04/08/2026

Has your view now changed James? What’s your opinion on the latest Telegraph story? Is this still “studied & deliberate ignominy”? www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2026/08...

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Robert Smith @bondhack.ft.com · 04/08/2026

In all seriousness, the detail here is totally shocking

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Robert Smith @bondhack.ft.com · 03/08/2026

Campari spritz is an excellent drink, particularly with an olive in Venetian style. This is the 👑 of spritzes though

a delicious refreshing Cynar Spritz aka the Aperitivo GOAT

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Robert Smith @bondhack.ft.com · 01/08/2026

Think this is a good point many are missing on Leopold

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Robert Smith @bondhack.ft.com · 30/07/2026

What is it about Effective Altruists that means they absolutely love mixing insane amounts of leverage on volatile assets with stakes in Anthropic?

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Robert Smith @bondhack.ft.com · 28/07/2026

This is a little 🤨 from Oli Dugmore on Gary Stevenson in the New Statesman www.newstatesman.com/politics/202...

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Robert Smith @bondhack.ft.com · 28/07/2026

Weeping at this observation from Clive Martin over on X

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Robert Smith @bondhack.ft.com · 28/07/2026

I’m not sure that the article itself is particular dogged that it has a point!

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Robert Smith @bondhack.ft.com · 28/07/2026

Louis Theroux, whose production company Mindhouse made the poorly reviewed documentary HOW TO GET FILTHY RICH: WITH GARY STEVENSON, has a surprising new podcast guest: Gary Stevenson! During the episode, Stevenson opens up about the heavy burden of being able to consistently predict the future.

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Robert Smith @bondhack.ft.com · 21/07/2026

yeah, i've said this already on here, but I was just trying to summarise what he says in the book as briefly as possible:

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Robert Smith @bondhack.ft.com · 21/07/2026

i don't necessarily disagree...

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Robert Smith @bondhack.ft.com · 21/07/2026

No. I went to a comprehensive school (which I believe is now an academy). And the bit re other students being better at "networking" etc is just a gloss on the phenomenon Gary describes in the book

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Robert Smith @bondhack.ft.com · 21/07/2026

It's just an accurate gloss on the book! Here's the bit where he describes realising that the strength of his grades alone would not be enough to get a job at a bank and the more clued up students were playing a different game to him.

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Robert Smith @bondhack.ft.com · 06/07/2026

What did you get the cinephile and scripophile in your life? A Pathé Cinéma bond certicate of course! Very thoughtful gift from a friend. Don't think I can clip the coupons anymore, sadly.

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Robert Smith @bondhack.ft.com · 05/07/2026

The new Insight team's long read on Posh George is obviously a tour de force. But it's also a great lesson in how much nonsense is hiding in plain sight. Such an edge for news organisations willing to take the time and effort to dig that little bit deeper and do a proper job.

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Robert Smith @bondhack.ft.com · 03/07/2026

Honoured to give some career advice to a talented young journalist on the up earlier this week. Keep at it @lionelbarber.bsky.social and maybe one day too you could be the FT's Corporate Finance Editor. Friends have made meanspirited comparisons to this pic, but I look nothing like Sean Connery imo

Rowan Atkinson and Sean Connery (date unknown)

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Robert Smith @bondhack.ft.com · 02/07/2026

Your kid after skilleting a slice of New Porker.

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Robert Smith @bondhack.ft.com · 02/07/2026

Wait. They got an 18" Yard Sale EACH!?!?!

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Robert Smith @bondhack.ft.com · 04/06/2026

Still one of the most memorable phone calls of my career! www.ft.com/content/7e79...

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Robert Smith @bondhack.ft.com · 02/06/2026

The Paul Foot Awards are always a riot, but was extra special to see top hack and all round good bloke @petergeoghegan.bsky.social take home the top prize last night for his bombshell scoops with Khadija Sharife on Labour Together. Here we are enjoying some light refreshments in Soho afterwards...

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Robert Smith @bondhack.ft.com · 31/05/2026

Don't have to go back very far in British history to find a UK PM who effed around with the bond market and found out!

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Robert Smith @bondhack.ft.com · 28/05/2026

Twas my colleagues, but thanks. Slightly buried bombshell mid piece....

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Robert Smith @bondhack.ft.com · 12/05/2026

Have to hand it to the WSJ, that’s a heckuva headline

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Robert Smith @bondhack.ft.com · 29/04/2026

Incredible footage of a very normal and candid conversation. It's almost as if they don't realise the cameras are rolling! www.instagram.com/reel/DXrXFVQ...

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Robert Smith @bondhack.ft.com · 29/04/2026

BDO, obviously, strongly pushed back on this characterisation of their audit practices. Gift link below, good for 300 clicks 🎁 as.ft.com/r/396d541d-7...

Screenshot of BDO statement in FT story:

In a statement, a BDO spokesperson said the examiners did not interview BDO personnel or review their audit records as part of the investigation, and that the report “reaches inappropriate and factually inaccurate conclusions about our audit work based on hearsay from individuals involved in the fraud”.

It added that its audits were performed in line with professional audit standards.

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Robert Smith @bondhack.ft.com · 29/04/2026

“We just got an endorsement from a high-profile client that has dominated the headlines over the past year.” “Sounds great!” “Well…”

Screenshot of FT story with headline “First Brands chose BDO for ‘less rigorous’ audit, witness says”

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