Long reads 15 September 2008updated 19 Sep 2023 5:12pm Profile: Ben Walters From busboy via real estate to trading to petro- chemicals, how the peripatetic life of Ben Walters By Lucy Knight Lucy Knight profiles – founder of shoe company OSPOP Subscribe to The New Statesman today from only £8.99 per month Subscribe Content from our partners More than a landlord: A future of opportunity Spotlight Towards an NHS fit for the future Spotlight How drones can revolutionise UK public services Spotlight