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The Accidental Trade Wizard of Stoke-on-Trent: How Ian Strong Became Globalization’s Pink Flamingo
ByDaveslocker 20 September 2025

Ian Strong: The Quiet Brit Who Accidentally Became a Global Meme, a Sanctions Loophole, and a Cautionary Tale for the LinkedIn Age From a cluttered spare room in Stoke-on-Trent—where the rain sounds like static and the kettle never quite reaches a boil—Ian Strong, 42, uploads another spreadsheet. On the surface, nothing screams “geopolitical significance.” Yet…

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Gleb Savchenko: How One Man’s Abs Became a Geopolitical Weapon
ByDaveslocker 18 September 2025

Gleb Savchenko, the Human Metaphor We Never Ordered By Dave’s Locker Foreign Desk Somewhere between the Danube and the Dolby Theatre, Gleb Savchenko has spent two decades proving that a six-pack can double as a diplomatic passport. The Russian-born, U.S-naturalised ballroom dancer has cha-cha-cha’d from Moscow’s parquet floors to the fluorescent purgatory of Dancing with…

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