There’s a Behind The Bastards podcast episode on him
Link to the (first) episode for those interested
Robert Maxwell’s story is wild. I don’t want to spoil anything, because it is very much worth hearing about him. Let’s just say: His life story is full of larger-than-life twists and turns.
Who knows if that’s really his name right? We know it definitely isn’t! Just like the seventh one he ended up on or something.
Robert Maxwell’s oily fingers were in so many industries, it was insane. He’s a hated figure in the UK - partly because of his general shittiness, but mainly for fucking over a load of pension pots. He’s on the scale slightly above James Corden; but slightly below Margaret Thatcher for general hatred.
If anyone has seen Tetris of late, that film paints Maxwell and his cronies in an appropriate light.
It’s a shame, because Mirrorsoft were a decent publisher as well.
capitalists will always do capitalist things.
pirate all of this that you can.
It’s not theft, it’s making a copy.
Cough cough sci-hub.se
Capitalism. The answer is pure, unadulterated capitalism.
And nepotism. Which happens to make a lot more then just capitalism rotten.
sci-motherfucking-hub my man, need I say more
If you ever find yourself in a similar situation, send the paper’s authors a polite email requesting a copy. They can, and often do, send a free copy to people who request it.
But his daughter turned out so nice!
it’s not science if it’s above criticism, and if it can’t be accessed by all who would, we can’t expect it to have undergone the utmost scrutiny.
To gate access is to be anti scientific.
