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Despite the recent credit-crunch gloom-mongering media reports prophesying (often gleefully) that the super-rich are tightening their wallets, the truth is…
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Getting a table at Scott’s at an hour’s notice could be a sign of social clout – but I smell…
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Nothing wrong with flowers, champagne and candlelit dinners. But a well-executed wink will get you laid quicker, says Vanessa Neumann…
ByThe Glory to Clod
While other property markets are stagnating, things in the country are ticking over very nicely indeed. Go on – buy…
ByBums on Your Seats
Being a good guest pales in comparison with the hardships of being a good host, argues Alessandro Tom’ I have…
ByGet on Up
Driving in Britain, with its hellish roundabouts and silly road rules, is a right pain in the backside. What’s a…
ByCold Steel: Britain’s Richest Man and the Multi-Billion-Dollar Battle for a Global Empire
Indian-born steel magnate Lakshmi Mittal may be Britain’s richest man, but few have any understanding of the vision and strategy…
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Another exchange from the De Silva family office From: adrian@silvafamilyoffice.com To: ceo@desilvacorp.com Dear Ralph I’ve just had the head of…
ByEuro Flash
Are you with the hedge-fund herd or have you got a mind of your own? The art on your walls…
ByHedge Hunters: Hedge Fund Masters On The Rewards, The Risk and The Reckoning
Hedge Hunters: Hedge Fund Masters On The Rewards, The Risk and The Reckoning Katherine Burton Bloomberg Press It clearly must…
ByKing of the Club: Richard Grasso and the Survival Of The New York Stock Exchange
King of The Club: Richard Grasso And The Survival Of The New York Stock Exchange Charles Gasparino Collins On the…
ByWhen The Astors Owned New York: Blue Bloods and Grand Hotels in a Gilded Age
When The Astors Owned New York: Blue Bloods and Grand Hotels in a Gilded Age Justin Kaplin Viking Adult The…
ByGreat Collectors of Our Time: Art Collecting Since 1945
Great Collectors of Our Time: Art Collecting Since 1945 James Stourton Scala Publishing James Stourton attempts no single grand over-arching…
ByThe Black Swan: The Impact Of The Highly Improbable
The Black Swan: The Impact Of The Highly Improbable Nassim Nicholas Taleb Allen Lane Discovering America in the 1970s meant…
ByToff Gear
Posh car-fanciers should put the pedal to the metal and make haste to the Concours d’Elégance, says Nick Foulkes. Most…
ByL'amour Fou?
Whirlwind romances can prove to be the bedrock of solid and successful marriages, says Vanessa Neumann. Whirlwind romances can prove…
ByTomayto, Tomartoe
Is Mid-Atlantic Girl becoming more English than American? Daisy Prince on a low-impact identity crisis. Is Mid-Atlantic Girl becoming more…
BySoho? So Over
New York won’t stand still for a minute. Oscar Humphries offers a personal guide to the Big Apple. At eighteen,…
ByThe Second Bounce Of The Ball: Turning Risk Into Opportunity
The Second Bounce Of The Ball: Turning Risk Into Opportunity Ronald Cohen Weidenfield & Nicolson Sir Ronald Cohen is that…
ByPlutocrats: A Rothschild Inheritance
Plutocrats: A Rothschild Inheritance George Ireland John Murray ‘Poor Papa,’ Nat Rothschild once wrote to his brothers, ‘he never said…
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