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Nick Leslau

Daily Telegraph
19 August 2008

Nick Leslau: 'I'm rich, but does anyone like me?'


Insecurity led property millionaire Nick Leslau to spend 10 days posing as a social worker in a deprived area of Glasgow.

If Nick Leslau were still running a public company - as he was, aged only 23 - he would be a household name.

Rich man, poor man: Leslau was horrified by the deprivation he witnessed
Rich man, poor man: Leslau was horrified by the deprivation he witnessed

Some would love, some loathe this ebullient, outspoken man who comes across as business's answer to Boris Johnson - but we would all know about his part-ownership of the Saracens rugby club and the collection of sporting memorabilia that adorns his double-height office near Oxford Circus.

"I'm a sucker for toys," he says as I goggle at the glass-roofed space where W.G Grace's cricket bat vies with the bonnet of a Mini signed by the 2003 Rugby World Cup team, plus a poster of Muhammad Ali in his glory days.

By association, these possessions endorse the view that their owner is also "the greatest" - which, in his view, in the world of property he is. Prestbury Group, the private company of which he is chair and chief executive, has assets of £3 billion, including hotels, hospitals, Madame Tussauds and Alton Towers.



Photo: Property Week

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John Inverdale

The Guardian
18 August 2008

My media. John Inverdale presents the Olympics on BBC TV, radio and online

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Simon King

The Independent
18 August 2008

My Week In Media: Hairy Biker Simon King

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Clive Tyldesley

The Independent
18 August 2008

My Mentor: Clive Tyldesley on Mike Murphy.

'A wonderful networker whose opinion was respected everywhere'

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Chris Smith

The Guardian
18 August 2008

Climate controls.

The chairman of the ASA on the problems of greenwash, why Andy Burnham shouldn't rule out product placement, and why Channel 4 deserves licence fee money more than BBC3.

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Nadine Velazquez

Mail on Sunday
17 August 2008

Earl's girl.

It's not just the slapstick comedy that makes us tune in to My Name Is Earl every week - there's also the feisty Latina maid Nadine Velazquez tickling our fancy.

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John Partridge

Sunday Times
17 August 2008

Fame and fortune: John Partridge.

The ‘Billy Elliot of EastEnders’ has swapped the stage for soap and is loving it

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Kate Adie

Sunday Times
17 August 2008

News Review Interview: Kate Adie.

Kate Adie laments the decline of TV journalism in the 24-hour news culture

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Leon Jackson

Daily Mail
16 August 2008

Dannii's boy: X Factor winner is a mummy's boy who cries at Neighbours, but still he yearns to be a grown-up sex symbol.

He's got Dannii Minogue's number and he gets mobbed in Tesco. Teenage X Factor winner Leon Jackson talks fame, fans and turning 20

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Maureen Lipman

The Independent
16 August 2008

My Secret Life: Maureen Lipman, Actress, age 62

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Deborah Meaden

Daily Mail
16 August 2008

The only deal that Dragon Deborah failed to close? Children.

Ruthless and driven, Dragon's Den's Deborah Meaden has made millions. But would the TV star have been such a success if her efforts to start a family had paid off?

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Cherie Lunghi

Daily Telegraph
16 August 2008

Cherie Lunghi: my perfect weekend

Actress Cherie Lunghi loves living in London - and striking out as a tourist in her own city

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Jane Fallon

The Guardian
15 August 2008

Chick lit with an edge.

Jane Fallon left her job as a TV producer to write novels she calls 'chick noir'. Her latest features a lying, deluded husband who, she tells Patrick Barkham, bears no resemblance to her partner, Ricky Gervais.

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Martin Clunes

Daily Mail
15 August 2008

Dogs behaving badly: Martin Clunes's new show finds man's best friend is still a wolf at heart

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Robert Winston

Daily Telegraph
15 August 2008

Robert Winston:'I do have a very dark side'

Despite a brush with cancer, at 68 Robert Winston isn't ready to retire. Here, he speaks out about IVF and the future of medicine

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