Becoming a lawyer
Author: Peter Matthews With typical City law firms receiving more than 1,000 applications for sometimes just a dozen training contract…
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Author: Peter Matthews With typical City law firms receiving more than 1,000 applications for sometimes just a dozen training contract…
By‘Float fever’ is hitting the City as we see the government and companies selling off shares in companies they own…
ByAuthor: Peter Matthews A host of contenders vie for a slot on our list. They have not only succeeded in…
ByOctober has become the month when financial crises and collapses tend to happen, seemingly out of the blue. Summer, it…
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ByThere’s nothing more exciting than to discover new artists who cross genres and fuse cultures There’s nothing more exciting than…
ByRelax: the Russians are not about to invade! Washington, however, is staring at collapse: in mid-October, the Treasury has announced…
ByMost people choose to be buried with just their wedding bands and best clothes, but an eccentric entrepreneur in Brazil…
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ByWe all know that the more miserable we are the less productive we become and I believe that we are…
ByThis week William Sitwell relaxes in a ‘cheeky’ new dim sum. He enjoys a fresh Spanish white but isn’t too…
ByThe head of Riedel Glass Austria explains the importance of pairing fine wine with good glasses The other week I…
ByDownton Abbey devotees and law students alike must have heaved a collective sigh of relief with the return to our…
By‘We do love it but it seems expensive.’ It sure isn’t cheap, I wanted to respond, but instead I said:…
ByWhile death at an early age is always tragic and as was observed of Matthew, he anticipated being around for…
ByThis Sunday afternoon will see veteran actor Joss Ackland – aged 85 – taking to the stage of The Old…
ByListening to Desert Island Discs this weekend, I was struck by author Zadie Smith’s early life. It was not just…
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