David Baker
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When BMW got rid of Rover earlier this year, it was like England versus Germany without the penalty shoot-out. The tabloids screamed ‘scum’, Tony Blair went nuts and the British people united against the evil foreign invader. It was almost enough to make you forget how good their cars are…
Arena 100, July 2000

Why Illycaffè paid someone to drive 2,000km across Europe in a 50cc van with a coffee machine strapped to the back
Financial Times Creative Business, June 26, 2001

No sex. No drugs. No flesh. No alcohol. Why would anyone want to holiday in Iran?
Arena 102, September 2000

Randice-Lisa Altschul says she has invented a $10 disposable phone and a paper laptop. Others say it’s all a hoax. But now her dreams may come true
Financial Times magazine, cover story April 21, 2001
With Mike Steinberger

Frank Sinatra and Cary Grant's transcontinental stopover
Arena 97, April 2000

They know you're listening, they know where you live and perhaps even where you like to spend your holidays. Advertisers now have their sights set on internet radio listeners – but this time they're armed with a new set of jargon to 'hypertarget' a station near you
Wallpaper, October 2001

The world’s biggest cities
The death penalty

Financial Times The Business Magazine, March 3 and June 2, 2001

Jordan will make your desert heart sing
Arena 90, August 1999

How life can change in an instant
Arena 90, August 1999

In a country where women still have to sit in the back of the bus
Financial Times, September 30, 2000

Many small businesses could be more effective at tackling unpaid bills
Financial Times, April 26, 2001

Many savers and borrowers need to review their finances as returns decline
Financial Times, Feb 24, 2001

Digital signatures will allay fears of anonymous hackers getting bank customer details
Financial Times, September 30, 2000

The telecoms companies aren't helping people sign up for broadband
Financial Times, July 23, 2002

 

 

 

 

 

BMW: Nasty business, lovely motors

Coffee on the third horizon

Riddle of the sands

What’s her big idea?

Iceland's Blue Lagoon

Radio gone ga ga

Maps

Enter the sandman

Death on the road

The past is the present in Iran

The subtle art of getting paid

How low can interest rates go?

Signing by numbers

Lost in the fast lane