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Diary - Edward Stourton
07 June 2004

As we passed an ordinary-looking mosque, our driver told us it was known as "chop-chop" mosque because it is where the beheadings and hand amputations take place

Diary - Edward Stourton
31 March 2003

My producer sits solemnly atop a camel, a microphone dangling between its legs, recording the sound of camel hoof on sand. This is what the BBC does properly

The BBC producer was caught, on film, mouthing to a colleague: "I really want to have a bath with you"
09 October 2000

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