Mark Lowen
π€ PersonAppearances Over Time
Podcast Appearances
And there is that mantra, isn't it? Shut your eyes. Over time, the stock market will recover. So I think on days like this, the likes of Apple, Amazon, Dell, HP, Nike, Tesla, who saw billions wiped off their values. I think investors, individual and pension funds, will just sort of grit their teeth and hope for the best.
And there is that mantra, isn't it? Shut your eyes. Over time, the stock market will recover. So I think on days like this, the likes of Apple, Amazon, Dell, HP, Nike, Tesla, who saw billions wiped off their values. I think investors, individual and pension funds, will just sort of grit their teeth and hope for the best.
In terms of this wider global recession, I mean, Donald Trump is convinced this short-term pain is going to lead to long-term gain. He said today on his socials that the patient has survived. It will get stronger. So I think his feeling is this has been a successful day. Of course, we do await the retaliation now. from the likes of the EU, the likes of China.
In terms of this wider global recession, I mean, Donald Trump is convinced this short-term pain is going to lead to long-term gain. He said today on his socials that the patient has survived. It will get stronger. So I think his feeling is this has been a successful day. Of course, we do await the retaliation now. from the likes of the EU, the likes of China.
They've promised strong responses to this. In the UK, they've talked about a calm and considered approach, but even here they've published this afternoon this 417-page list of US goods. Potentially they could put tariffs on, so strengthening of their position there. But as I say, they are going to try and hope they can come up with a deal. Mark Ashdown.
They've promised strong responses to this. In the UK, they've talked about a calm and considered approach, but even here they've published this afternoon this 417-page list of US goods. Potentially they could put tariffs on, so strengthening of their position there. But as I say, they are going to try and hope they can come up with a deal. Mark Ashdown.
Still to come. It's a groundbreaking exhibition in many ways because it's the first time that MI5 has collaborated with another institution to tell its history.
Still to come. It's a groundbreaking exhibition in many ways because it's the first time that MI5 has collaborated with another institution to tell its history.
It's a groundbreaking exhibition in many ways because it's the first time that MI5 has collaborated with another institution to tell its history. So the aim of the exhibition is to illustrate the history of MI5 from 1909 when it was founded up to modern times.
It's a groundbreaking exhibition in many ways because it's the first time that MI5 has collaborated with another institution to tell its history. So the aim of the exhibition is to illustrate the history of MI5 from 1909 when it was founded up to modern times.
using a selection of fascinating documents which have been transferred to us from the security service, plus never been seen before objects which they have loaned to us, which reveals some of the paraphernalia of spying.
using a selection of fascinating documents which have been transferred to us from the security service, plus never been seen before objects which they have loaned to us, which reveals some of the paraphernalia of spying.
Yes, well, that lemon incriminated a German spy called Karl MΓΌller. He came to Britain in 1915. He was actually using the lemon for secret writing purposes, lemon juice, invisible ink. And the lemon was actually found in a dressing table drawer in his lodgings when the police and a couple of MI5 officers went round to arrest him.
Yes, well, that lemon incriminated a German spy called Karl MΓΌller. He came to Britain in 1915. He was actually using the lemon for secret writing purposes, lemon juice, invisible ink. And the lemon was actually found in a dressing table drawer in his lodgings when the police and a couple of MI5 officers went round to arrest him.
He was using it to send secret messages in between the lines of an innocuous-looking business letter. A warm eye had been placed over the letter, revealing the secret writing.
He was using it to send secret messages in between the lines of an innocuous-looking business letter. A warm eye had been placed over the letter, revealing the secret writing.
Yes, indeed. In the exhibition, there's a dispatch case, which was owned by Guy Burgess, and he left that at the Reform Club in the Pall Mall in London just before he fled to Moscow.
Yes, indeed. In the exhibition, there's a dispatch case, which was owned by Guy Burgess, and he left that at the Reform Club in the Pall Mall in London just before he fled to Moscow.
No, they were all removed. In fact, there was another case... which another of the Cambridge spies had picked up, and he'd actually removed a number of incriminating items from that other case. Yes, I mean, it's true. Things didn't always go right for MI5. The exhibition shows the high points and also some of the low points where things didn't go so well.
No, they were all removed. In fact, there was another case... which another of the Cambridge spies had picked up, and he'd actually removed a number of incriminating items from that other case. Yes, I mean, it's true. Things didn't always go right for MI5. The exhibition shows the high points and also some of the low points where things didn't go so well.