Outlandish expenses

Today's FT remembers the legendary expense claims from the foreign correspondent, James Cameron. When he was working in the Middle East he cabled London to ask for a four figure sum to cover the cost of a camel which he'd needed to report on something. The London office was outraged and cabled back, "Despatch camel home soonest." They heard nothing from him for a few days and then received his next expense claim: "For burial of dead camel, £1000."