Links: Rushdie’s put down, evil SUVs, IPO pipelines and hedge funds

Further reading for the weekend. The Bitcoin halving non-event and why in the US abortion rights are prospering at the state level, much to conservatives' annoyance

There’ll be no letters next week (week commencing Monday 29th April) as I’m away, in sunny Porto on a business trip – any recommendations of places to visit in or near Porto gratefully received, especially out of the city (I have a car for an afternoon). Regular service will be resumed the week after, i.e. Monday, May 6th.

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