California Drinkin’
Better than Bordeaux? The Napa Valley’s Spottswoode vintages are up there with the best of the best. President Beth Novak…
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Snob Appeal
A new species of ‘global Russian’ has evolved with its very own private members’ club and in-house magazine, says Andrei…
ByCastle Upkeep
Fiona Carnarvon reflects on the joys of living in Highclere Castle — and the challenges of making a historic building…
ByBlonde Ambition
She’s American royalty, super-connected, with a good head for business but will the Brits buy Tinsley Mortimer, asks William Cash…
ByThe Supreme Court sits
Unusually, it is not just the participants who remain anonymous, but even the very fact that there is a dispute…
ByReturn of the wingnuts
Some people just love to hate, but few enjoy it more than the Ku Klux Klan. They are not alone.…
ByAFP: Man behind Bertlesmann dies at 88
BERLIN Reinhard Mohn, who built Germany’s Bertelsmann from a family printing and publishing business into one of the world’s largest…
ByST: Run almost broke RBS and Coutts
A SECRET run on Royal Bank of Scotland almost forced the bank into collapse on each of the last four…
ByMusical corner offices
When the music stops, grab the nearest seat. Oh, sorry, Ken Lewis – no chair for you. When the music…
ByWSJ: Ken Lewis to resign after barrage of ML criticism
After fighting to keep his grip on the bank he helped build from a scrappy Southern outsider to the nation’s…
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