The club of similarly named pairs of countries has gotten smaller in recent decades, with the mergers of East and West Germany, North and South Yemen, and North and South Vietnam (conversely, the formerly unified halves of East and West Pakistan have gone their separate ways as Bangladesh and Pakistan).
One of the things that has happened in recent years is the world has got smaller and banks like ours... we operate in over 50 countries," Agius said.
With much of the groundwork now laid, largely thanks to a Home Office grant of £200,000 a year for three years, BBS has got small offices in Bristol, Birmingham, Edinburgh and Glasgow, as well as its headquarters in Clapham, south London.
"My role in Anaheim has gotten smaller and smaller and I knew I was going to play on the first line here, so that has really kept me going," Selanne, 43, said after the win.
GEORGE PACKER: I think that it's been franchised since 9/11, and now we've got small groups in many parts of the world claiming varying degrees of association with Al Qaeda but, essentially, acting operationally on their own — pursuing their own regional and local goals but aligning themselves with the more global ambitions of Al Qaeda.
If you've got small children and live in Ipswich, head to Dance East for Fevered Sleep's The Forest, a very lovely little thing.
