5 Hertford Street is my gold medallist
Much more significant than the Olympics are the dancing opportunities with the long-awaited opening of 5 Hertford Street, Robin Birley’s…
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Madama Butterfly, Grange Park Opera
This gem of an opera season in Hampshire reinforces the best of what a quintessential English summer evening can be…
ByThe Eurozone's Voice of Sanity
The eurozone has descended into a bunfight, and none of the politicians apart from one can see the wood from…
ByDiamond Jubilee Triumph Is In What You Didn't See
The apparent emphasis was on spectacle, but if you notice the Royals who were put on display, it wasn’t the…
ByKnight Frank: Global house prices rise by only 0.9%, weakest since 2009
The Global House Price Index recorded its weakest annual performance since the depths of the recession in 2009, recording only…
ByThe Spear’s 1 Per Cent Campaign
Today we launch our 1 Per Cent Campaign. We will be partnering with a number of charities and organisations who…
ByCaligula, ENO
You can’t go wrong with Caligula as the title of an opera even if it is contemporary by Melinda Hughes…
ByWBrief: Stanley Gibbons launching rare coin index
As doubts continue about the durability of “fiat” money economies, Stanley Gibbons, the firm famed in the stamp collecting business,…
ByJulie Meyer's Follow the Entrepreneur Conference
Four Seasons Hotel, Hampshire 25 May Invitation only ’Europe and the UK is being redefined by its entrepreneurs,’ says Ariadne…
ByConfessions of a Chelsea Flower Show Virgin
I was expecting, I think, the equivalent of a couture fashion show, with the most beautiful, complex, ostentatious, impractical designs…
ByChina’s Fragile Banking System Isn’t Cause for Panic
Rising to the Challenge Despite China’s wobbly shadow banking system, it’s not time to hit the panic button yet, says…
ByA Front Row Review of the V&A Ballgowns Exhibition
While in some ways intrinsically frivolous, each of these fabulous, dramatic, skilful dresses tells a story or represents an era,…
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I’ve been excluded from my spouse’s will – what can I do?
The right to choose who inherits one’s wealth, and how, is a right that the English take for granted –…
ByHedgehog Issue 26
Big budgets, blown budgets, the Budget Going, Going…Gone! The large Gerhard Richter, a bright squeegee painting, sat impassively on the…
ByShare and Shariah Alike: Islamic Finance's Untapped Potential
At a time when the weaknesses of mainstream finance have never been more exposed, Islamic finance offers a thoughtful alternative.…
ByThe Global Economy: Iceberg, Right Ahead!
The jury is still out on whether loading more debt on to over-indebted banks and states, and printing more money,…
ByLord Janvrin
I have to say that I am much enjoying watching from afar the opening events of the Diamond Jubilee. It…
By1% Singles Cruises: Pity the Poor, Lonely Rich
They are unlikely targets for public sympathy, but one group at least has got the poor, lonely rich on their…
ByUK Prime Property Market Will Survive a Eurozone Collapse
While the rest of the country’s residential markets continue to languish in the doldrums (although Chesterton Humberts’ country offices have…
BySpear’s Ultimate Diamond Jubilee Street Party: Hang This
Above the spread of posies must dance the most patriotic of decorations, bunting Above the spread of posies must dance…
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