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What drives Sir Paul Marshall, financier, philanthropist and rising media mogul?
Smashed avocado is not on the breakfast menu at the Old Queen Street Cafe, a stone’s throw from Parliament. Instead the home-sourced offerings include Welsh rarebit, black pudding and, for lunch, smoked-eel fish fingers with pickled onion. The decor—“100% my taste”, says Sir Paul Marshall, the owner—is as patriotic as the food. Photos depict classic British scenes: swimmers in the Thames, a brass band. The floorboards, salvaged from the War Office, were trod by Churchill.
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This article appeared in the Britain section of the print edition under the headline “Man on a mission”
Britain November 2nd 2024
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