Fifa's sins pale in comparison to the machinations of Brussels
Stephen Hill calls for the EU to face the same scrutiny as football’s troubled governing body Sepp Blatter has presided…
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The ECB's hoarding of cricket’s wealth is damaging the game at all levels
Ten years ago, English cricketers were national heroes. But the financial boom that followed has created some very rich villains,…
ByThe UK needs the EU as much as it needs the 'CBI rip-off network'
Stephen Hill takes aim at the FTSE 100 chairmen defending Britain’s EU membership PM Dave is whizzing around Europe testing…
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The colourful gems that can outprice De Beers' finest
The gemstone investment market has many facets, but the one shining most brightly of late is that for coloured jewels.…
ByPutin's cult of personality is beginning to backfire
Despite his apparent personal power, says Robert Amsterdam, the Russian president is increasingly restricted in his actions Beset by rebellion,…
ByThis general election will demonstrate the public's lost faith in politicians
Will we have a government by this time next week? Probably not. Save some electoral energy for a 1974-style rerun,…
BySpear's is hiring a managing editor
This is a varied role and an excellent opportunity for an organised, efficient, imaginative person to help run a lively…
ByLuxembourg’s finance minister warns against Brexit
The whole of Europe – Britain included – would suffer if the EU lost its biggest financial centre, according to…
BySingapore's art scene aims for greatness, but is it too conservative to triumph?
26 years after Singapore set out a plan to make itself a ‘gracious’ cultural capital, it has a glitzy art…
ByClegg's 'kingmakers' will do more harm than good for more than a million
The Lib Dems want to strike at a ‘series of distortions, loopholes and excess reliefs’ – landing SMEs, investors and…
ByStephen Hill handicaps the general election's runners and riders
Who knows who will win the Grand National Election? It looks more like a circus at this point, says Stephen…
ByNo wonder politicians hedge when this is what happens when they're honest
With Cameron’s ad hoc remarks on a final term, 2015’s election candidates could take a few tips from those who…
ByVladimir Putin's Eurasian empire threatens the primacy of the EU – and Britain must act
The UK must define its place in Moscow’s new world order – or follow blinkered Brussels, says Stephen Hill Putin’s…
ByBoris Nemtsov's killing pushes Russia one step further towards fascism
Stephen Hill sees Hitler’s techniques in Putin’s actions The Moscow drive-by assassination of charismatic opposition leader Boris Nemtsov at 11.00pm…
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Hakluyt's Christopher James has seen the alphabet of Britain's security services
With a career spent in the SAS, MI6 and the FCO, before founding business intelligence firm Hakluyt, Christopher James sure…
ByPutin's landgrab playbook looks increasingly like the Nazis'
Stephen Hill says Vladimir Putin is playing geopolitics like Hitler did – and we all need to beware Putin’s signature…
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The UK still offers a warm welcome (for the wealthy)
Amid the pre-election clamour to restrict immigration, are we in danger of turning away the foreign HNWs the economy needs?…
ByTsipras' democractic victory offends the Brussels bureaucracy
Stephen Hill says that the EU needs to heed the red tide rising across Europe Alexis Tsipras’s success in the…
ByEurope's QE is too little too late
It would have been cheaper to let the banks go bust than let the global economy float on a glut…
ByIt's fireworks in Frankfurt over the eurozone crisis
Frankfurt hasn’t seen such drama since Gustavus Adolphus (left) marched on it. But ECB head Mario Draghi (right) is preparing…
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