What the great British washing-up bowl says about the economy
Not rinsing is depraved, but the bowl is a symptom not of Brits' poor hygiene but our failing housing market.
Sebastian Shehadi
Sebastian Shehadi is political editor and senior editor at Investment Monitor and a contributing writer for the New Statesman. He joined from the Financial Times, where he was an editor at fDi Magazine. He takes special interest in tourism, tier-two cities, green energy, real estate and emerging markets, and has written for the FT, the BBC, Sifted and Middle East Eye. Prior to his career in journalism, Sebastian served as a political risk analyst at Citibank.
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