WSJ: Andy Warhol Estate To Sell Off 20,000 Pieces
Andy Warhol’s estate is cashing out. A quarter-century after the Pop artist died, his art foundation is about to upend…
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The Rich Have an Image Problem, and That’s Bad for All of Us
Poor Show The wealthy barely ever see the other 99 per cent, says Edward Amory in his new column on…
ByCaption Competition
This picture of a cleaner outside Downing Street on the morning of the cabinet reshuffle was just screaming for a…
ByWorld's Richest Woman Gina Rinehart Calls for Australian Workers to Cut Their Wages
If there’s one woman who’s doing more than her fair share to ensure that the rich are loathed as greedy,…
ByThe Rich Have an Image Problem, and That's Bad for All of Us
Poor Show The wealthy barely ever see the other 99 per cent, says Edward Amory in his new column on…
ByTUC Publish Kerching!, A Celebrity Guide To Tax Dodging
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ByNYT: Art market slowed in first half 2012, especially in Asia
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ByInvesting in Football Players Can Generate Profits for HNWs
After Premier League clubs splashed millions on transfer deadline day, Freddy Barker investigates how HNWs can get a slice of…
ByAristocrats Need To Sell Art To Keep A Roof Over Their Heads
Having bought art when their fortunes were still considerable and the prices much lower than in today’s hyperinflated market, artistocrats…
ByDuke of Devonshire to sell major Raphael drawing at Sotheby’s
LONDON, 4 SEPTEMBER, 2012 – This December, Sotheby’s will offer at auction three Renaissance masterworks: a major drawing by Raffaello…
ByThe UK Border Agency's London Met Decision is Damaging and Counterproductive
Much like a cornered animal, UK BA responded to political stress by lashing out violently, erratically and essentially, counter-productively. The…
ByReshuffles Are Pointless, Switching One Know-Nothing For Another
What a reshuffle shows, however, is that the MP for Mid-Lothian and Bonkers can become Secretary of State for Defence…
ByGuardian: London law firms break £5bn profit mark
Russian oligarchs’ taste for British justice helped London lawyers rake in a record-breaking £5bn of profits last year Russian oligarchs’…
ByArticle of the Week Preview: Raymond Blanc Talks About… Everything
William Sitwell struggles and eventually gives up trying to get a word in edgeways with the Michelin-starred chatterbox Raymond Blanc…
ByI Can Excuse Oscar Pistorius Being a Sore Loser
’Sore loser’ is the kneejerk reaction of the world’s media to Oscar Pistorius describing the IPC’s rules as ’absolutely ridiculous’.…
BySpear’s Monday Catch-Up
We’ve selected the best reads from the weekend papers We’ve selected the best reads from the weekend papers: 1. Soak…
ByEurozone Can't Keep the Euro and Recover
The strange thing is that they are all determined to go on living with the blasted euro, which is itself…
ByLiterary Howlers Make Me Howl
Writers are only human and mistakes are all too easily made but it is less forgivable when mistakes – ‘misprints’…
ByHow Upton Cressett Provides a Taste of (the Good Parts of) Tudor Life
Yesterday I received an email from The Landmark Trust who do up architectural follies, gatehouses, moated keeps and other heritage…
ByBerezovsky-Abramovich Case Highlights An Excellent English Export: The Legal System
The Boris Berezovksy-Roman Abramovich High Court judgment today has highlighted one of England’s best and most profitable exports: its legal…
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