Adam Dant enters the battle to save the Marquis of Lansdowne from the Geffrye Museum
The pomposity, the arrogance of museum director David Dewing is astonishing. First, there’s the mere phrase, ‘the Labouring Classes’, as…
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What if We Paid for Beer the Way we Pay Taxes?
A little pub fable illustrates the danger of over-taxing the wealthy, says Freddy Barker The Guardian shoved tax to the…
ByEFG Private Bank’s £4.2m Fine Should Scare Banks into Stricter Anti-Money Laundering Controls
EFG’s Private Banks problems illustrate the risk of a ‘tick box’ approach to anti money laundering measures Last week, EFG…
ByThe charities tax scandal might lead to more transparency
These unregulated pseudo-charitable structures can be hijacked for shady purposes We have all seen the stories in which celebrities have…
ByWill Enrico Letta lead Italy out of the eurozone?
Italy is the only country that might unilaterally pull out of the eurozone Italy has a new coalition government which…
ByThe Risks and Rewards of Rare Earths Investments
Out of Your Element? The rapid expansion of the vital rare earth metals market has resulted in a largely unregulated…
ByMyleene Klass and the Myth of the Quickie Divorce
Last Tuesday, Myleene Klass and her husband Graham Quinn received a so-called ‘quickie divorce’. In a matter of just 100…
ByWhat Will Mark Carney do for the Wealthy?
Freddy Barker looks to Canada for hints of what the wealthy should expect when Carney becomes governor of the Bank…
ByWhy the gold price fell so far
The sudden and completely unexpected collapse of gold was a huge market intrusion or manipulation – but by whom? The…
ByReview: Brunch at 34
A lazy, luxurious Sunday brunch that extends well into the afternoon is one of life’s great pleasures and 34 has…
BySitwell Scoffs: The Travellers Club, the Embassy Cafe, As Greek as it Gets
William Sitwell’s week of scoffing is followed by a slightly bleak visit to a homeopathist PERHAPS I HAD it coming.…
ByReview: School of Wok and Jessica’s Recipe Bag
Emily Rookwood compares two very different ways of learning how to cook: School of Wok versus Jessica’s Recipe Bag TODAY…
ByLara Croft Gets New Breasts and … Feelings?
Lara Croft gets a makeover in the latest version of Tomb Raider. And feelings. And a slightly dubious concession to…
ByInvestors in Life-Sciences Need to Rethink their Risk Assumptions
One way to describe the late Baroness Thatcher is to say she realised the assumptions of her era did not…
ByCould Tax Changes Explain Usain Bolt’s First Non-Olympic UK Appearance?
Hydration, shoes, sponsorship, training, diet… tax rules? The last item in that list will not have been weighing heavily on…
ByThe Thing is I Really, Really Want…Something
Sebastian Gibson prides himself on understanding what people want; it’s when people don’t know what they want that things get…
ByGossip from the First Ever International Opera Awards
The party was marvellous, but the opera singers were left, strangely, without a voice I’ve been to a marvellous party,…
BySheryl Sandberg: Facebook Feminism
Sandberg is wrong: women need more support in the workplace, not at home Facebook’s chief operating officer, Sheryl Sandberg, has…
ByConfessions of a Rich List Researcher
The barriers erected by the wealthy to concel their assets render the Sunday Times estimates ‘fanciful’ says an anonymous rich…
ByThe Sunday Times Rich list Hits Record Breaking ’450bn High
While the rest of the British economy struggles, the rich are wealthier than they’ve ever been. The Sunday Times Rich…
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