Sarah Drinkwater cares a lot about good eggs. Good eggs for brunch, good eggs in tech. So it was fitting, really, that she chose to meet for breakfast at The Good Egg in Stoke Newington, north London.
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Gp sdeur: “Aml lhwz n nzrf fux?”
