2025-06-13
38 分钟This is an iHeart Podcast.
It's a winter's day in 2018.
Paul Murphy is standing in front of the mirror of the gents lavatory at work.
He's changing for lunch.
I kind of stopped wearing ties, but I think I put a tie on for that occasion.
— Paul is in his mid-50s.
He's got a slightly grizzled look about him.
You wouldn't pick him out in a crowd, but that's an advantage in his line of work.
In his hands, Paul is holding a small silver disc about the size of a penny.
He takes his shirt off, grabs a piece of medical tape,
and fixes this disc onto his shoulder.
Because this disc… is a tiny microphone.
He slips his white shirt back on, puts a jacket on top,
and with one last glance in the mirror, he's ready for lunch.
Paul is the head of investigations at the Financial Times in London.
He takes a cab across town to Mayfair, to a venue called 45 Park Lane.
It's one of those places that is priced to keep out ordinary people.
You know,
it's all glass windows and bling and mirrored interiors and very few customers, very few.
It's Dubai style, essentially.