The Soar Spot: The strange story of the broken light bulbs14th May 2026 | published by Theo Reilly SHARE
By Phil Soar, co-founder of CloserStill Group and Chairman of Nineteen Group
I was in Warsaw in 1990 walking round a market with a Polish friend. We stopped at one stall which, strangely, appeared to be selling light bulbs which didnâ...
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