No Christmas would be complete without its pantomime heroes and villains. Unfortunately for all involved, 2011 was more Aladdin and the 40 Thieves than Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs - the villains significantly outnumbering the heroes. So, starting with the more difficult category to populate, Telegraph Finance’s heroes of 2011 are: Sir Mervyn King. The bespectacled boss of the Bank of England gave us an extra £75bn of quantitative easing, was knighted by the Queen and found time to change his trademark pebble specs for a natty square pair. But it’s not for these estimable achievements he leads our role of heroes, ... (full story)