Darling, will you sign a pre-nup – and then marry me?
The great freedom that the introduction of divorce laws seemingly brought has become a real curse. People now feel they…
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While their brothers fight, wealthy Arabs and Israelis are care-free and conflict-free in the South of France
With conflict raging across the Middle East, those able to escape the missiles, mayhem and general mess that has rapidly…
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Lavish new Letterpress Shakespeare editions are bound to please HNWs
How do you bring what marketing men like to call — and I type it with a wince — ‘added…
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Book review: Saving the City by Richard Roberts
Saving the City: The great financial crisis of 1914 Richard Roberts EX LIBRIS ‘The financial crisis of 1914 was the…
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Book review of Flash Boys by Michael Lewis
Flash Boys: Cracking the Money Code Michael Lewis EX LIBRIS A Michael Lewis book is an event. Flash Boys, about…
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Review: This Was A Man, Finborough Theatre
This Was A Man (originally banned by the Lord Chamberlain in 1926) has to be one of the most clever…
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Why I’ll be giving doulas – and strangers – a wide berth
I’m almost there. I’m almost there. I’m almost there. That’s what I keep telling myself every day as I trudge…
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Book Review of Those Wild Wyndhams by Claudia Renton
Those Wild Wyndhams: Three sisters at the heart of power Claudia Renton EX LIBRIS Can it be said in any…
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One of the best things about marrying an Englishman is how polite they are, but there are some situations when…
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City boys stuck in London needn’t melt from boredom and envy
While the City boys are fist-pumping in St Tropez’s VIP Room and dancing the night away at Paradise in Mykonos,…
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If you’re stuck in the office this summer, dreaming of St Tropez and beach-side cocktails, then make the most of…
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Innocent founder Richard Reed has conviction that Art Everywhere can go global
Waterloo Station is rarely a destination in its own right, but that’s where we gathered this morning to watch Grayson…
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Punk turned gourmand Loyd Grossman sets his talents to saving Britain’s churches
IN LOYD WE TRUST The first communication I ever had from gastronome, former Masterchef presenter and heritage champion Loyd Grossman…
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Review of The Crucible at the Old Vic
Time and again the parallels Miller intended between Salem in 1692 and Joseph McCarthy’s witch hunts have returned in life,…
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We meet the Kabakovs, Ukrainian emigré artists fighting for peace
‘The harder I practise, the luckier I get’ has long been a popular mantra in golfing circles. Well, the life…
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Silent Exchange by Charlie Waite, National Theatre
Inside the concrete matrix of London’s National Theatre, Charlie Waite holds up a wine glass on which rests a perfectly…
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Christie’s turns its nose up at Sotheby’s cheap art sales remark
If you had any generous thought that rancour between Christie’s and Sotheby’s was over, you would have been contradicted yesterday…
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At a Christie’s press breakfast I asked CEO Steven Murphy how he felt about the claim a rival house was…
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Art collector Lorne Thyssen-Bornemisza on rediscovering antiquity, going back to school and archaeological disputes
Provenance, as any art dealer will tell you, is key: where has this painting come from? The better the painting’s…
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Too much freedom can be oppressive
FREE TO REFLECT Freedom can be such an elusive concept — elusive because it’s pervasive, permeating. By desperately needing it,…
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