Autonomy was founded as Cambridge Neurodynamics in 1991 by Michael Lynch, a Cambridge-educated computer scientist, according to this flattering profile by the Guardian after he left H-P in May.

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This left the seven cultural institutions without a guardian and without funding.

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But the story refused to die, thanks to the doggedness of the left-of-center newspaper The Guardian which published a series of stories about the scandal.

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In the UK press, The Guardian noted "it was left to the winners to provide some of the night's more risque moments", including Meryl Streep, who swore in her acceptance speech.

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In the 1980s the tabloids were the scourge of Old Labour and it was the left-wing broadsheets, in particular the Guardian and the Observer, who stuck with the party.

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Ms Ramsden left Sky on Friday after less than a year in the job, the Guardian newspaper said.

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She told the Guardian newspaper that Mr Balls had been "staggeringly irresponsible" and his actions had left children's social care in "complete disarray".

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