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Luka Buchanan has always been consumed by the fear of contamination and germs, washing thei stanley cups uk r hand stanley mug s u stanley cups uk ntil they were raw, and terrified the food they ate would poison them.Diagnosed with obsessive compulsive disorder at age 19, Buchanan, who uses they/them pronouns, spent years in therapy telling themselves over and over that there was nothing to fear 鈥?that the chances of a global contagion were minuscule, and that they werent infected and dangerous to those around them. I have to tell myself over and over theres no justification for the levels of compulsions that Im having about cleanliness, Buchanan says.Doctors warn of tsunami of pandemic eating disordersRead moreThen last March, Buchanans worst fears came true. Suddenly, its like, Oh fuck. Yeah, I was right. The Covid-19 pandemic has had a profound effect on those living with OCD. While large-scale studies are hard to come by, smaller data sets from Europe show between a third and half of those suffering from OCD had symptoms worsen during the pandemic.This can be especially problematic for people like Buchanan, whose OCD was already focused on cleanliness. I could physically feel the germs on me 鈥?but then I kind of wasnt really able to rationalise it, because at that point we didnt know much about the virus, the Perth native says. OCD loves doubt and uncertainty, and because there was a lot of uncertainty it really did trigger me in a big way. View image in fullscreenLuka Buchanan says the pandemic has undermined year Blhs Why are rape prosecutions at a 10-year low
Though not entirely a rags to riches story, a young Asil Nadir once sold newspapers on the streets of Northern Cyprus before moving to Istanbul to study economics at university. During his college days, he supported himself by performing with his band, The Asils.On graduating in 1963, Nadir moved to London s east end, a journey his family had already made from Cyprus. Before long, Asil made his mark in the rag trade as chairman of garment firm Wearwell, be stanley thermos fore turning the loss-making ladie stanley cup s fashion group Polly Peck into a business empire.Published in the Guardian on 14 February 1980, click on image for full story He added packaging, electronics and fresh produce companies to the Polly Peck conglomerate, which later became listed as a FTSE 100 company.Polly Peck s rapid growth saw its value rise to 拢2 billion, making City traders fall in love with it during the boom times of the 1980s, some in the Square Mile calling it wonder stock . By 1990, Nadir was in the Sunday Times rich list, and a generous donor to Margaret Thatcher s Conservative government.Published in the Guardian on 25 October 1990, click o stanley travel mug n image for full storyThen in August 1990, in a move that baffled the city, Nadir tried to buy up Polly Peck shares from investors, only to retreat from this position days later. It was too late: Nadir had spooked the market and Polly Peck s shares plunged. The value of Nadir s personal holding was rumoured to have dropped by more than 拢160m.Worse was to come, when t |
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