Courageous Bankers
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Family Fortunes
Inspired by his own Viking heritage, Clive Aslet ponders the fruit that falls from the family tree THERE HAS BEEN…
ByPost Apocalyptic
A prolonged Royal Mail strike could actually put the smiles back on our faces, says a hopeful Alessandro Tomé WITH…
ByBull’s Eye!
Bovey Castle is just the spot for twanging a bow, swinging a club and generally relaxing in high country-house style,…
ByStill De Trop After All This Time
Falling in love with St Tropez is easy — though getting your hands on a bit of première classe real…
ByMadness Under the Royal Palms
Madness Under the Royal Palms: Love and Death Behind the Gates of Palm Beach Laurence Leamer Hyperion, 368pp Review by…
ByLords of Finance
Lords of Finance: The Bankers who Broke the World Liaquat Ahamed Penguin Press, 576pp Review by James Strachan Click here…
ByThe Season for Misgiving
Bah humbug! The final two months of the year herald a string of ‘holidays’ that bring many Americans to fever…
ByMaking a Drama out of a Crisis
Financier Scott Rudmann describes how he ended up spending a surreal evening watching himself on stage in Sir David Hare’s…
ByIn Your Facebook
Social-networking sites are public forums where a lot of private stuff ends up. Way too much private stuff. Oh, put…
ByThe Discriminator Dines Out
BEFORE YOU ASK, no, I am not going to write about Italian restaurants only, although there is plenty to write…
ByThe Parent Claptrap
Bringing up children isn’t easy, but nor is it rocket science. Just relax and get on with it, says Alessandro…
ByThe King of Madison Avenue
The King of Madison Avenue: David Ogilvy and the Making of Modern Advertising Kenneth Roman Palgrave Macmillan, 304pp Review by…
ByThe Big Rich
The Big Rich: The Rise and Fall of the Greatest Texas Oil Fortunes Bryan Burrough Penguin Press Review by Christopher…
ByLord of Finance
Christopher Silvester meets Liaquat Ahamed, author of Lords of Finance, the winner of Spear’s Financial History of the Year award…
ByPoke Without Fire
Yes, it’s instantly addictive and in some ways quite revealing about other people – but what Facebook lacks is any…
ByThe Great Unwashed
On the whole, protesters are a grotty, disagreeable and uptight lot. But a world without protesters would be worse, says…
ByCreative Debt
After the sexual shenanigans of the 20th century’s great authors from Graham Greene to Martin Amis books appeared on the…
ByBarbie and Ruth
Barbie and Ruth: The Story of the World’s Most Famous Doll and the Woman Who Created Her Robin Gerber HarperBusiness,…
ByFool’s Gold
WINNER: SPEAR’S FINANCIAL BOOK OF THE YEAR 2009 Fool’s Gold: How Unrestrained Greed Corrupted a Dream, Shattered Global Markets and…
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