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BOARD & BODGING
Caroline Thomson is back at the BBC as a non-executive director – but memories of her time as chief operating officer are not reassuring.

CONVERSATION KILLER
BBC World Service staff whose jobs are at risk from cuts found it galling to be made to come up with three to five job goals under an appraisal scheme.

GEORGIAN PILE
Conspiracist propaganda network Imedi TV – one of the key pillars of the pro-Putin regime in Georgia – is domiciled in plush South Kensington.

BOGEY MEN
The Masters is the only men's golf major not to have a women's equivalent – but it's happy to invite a man who was jailed for threats against ex-girlfriends

A-EYE
Keir Starmer has reiterated his enthusiasm for AI in government – but one expert notes that the data readiness simply isn't there.

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