RIBA announces best new house shortlist
The Royal Institute of British Architects (RIBA) is pleased to announce the six new private houses shortlisted for the 2011…
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Francly Speaking
The Swiss action has put a decisive line under all that kind of nonsense. The gloves are now well and…
ByCoutts: Swiss move forceful but risky
Fighting against the tide of global investors in search of a safe haven could get very costly very quickly for…
ByGuard: Swiss to force down franc, buy ‘unlimited quantities’ of other currencies
Switzerland sparked fears of a new currency war on Tuesday after it pegged the Swiss franc against the euro in…
ByLiv-ex wine index lost 4% in August
The Liv-ex Fine Wine 100 Index lost four per cent in August – its third-most dramatic monthly fall since its…
ByProm 67
Let us not forget the raison d’être of the Proms: to deliver music to a wider audience, not in a…
ByImpetus appoints director of philanthropy and partnerships
Impetus Trust, the UK pioneer of venture philanthropy, has appointed Joanna Walker to the new role of Director of Philanthropy…
ByPreparing to Go Public
Dr Denise Kenyon-Rouvinez, head of International Family Business & Philanthropy at RBS Coutts, examines why you might take your family…
ByIndy: Gay hedgie may owe wife £150m in divorce
A top hedge fund manager is facing one of the most expensive divorce settlement in British legal history after telling…
ByBring back the Nasty Party!
Don’t you know that the Tory party does best when it is seen as the nasty party? Ed Miliband, according…
ByBritish wealthy silent on more taxes
Among the recent clamour of the American and European wealthy to be taxed more, one country’s billionaires have remained resolutely…
ByCNBC: Will BoA sell Merrill Lynch?
Bank of America may need to consider selling Merrill Lynch Bank of America may need to consider selling Merrill Lynch.…
ByWhere Spear's Leads
It is gratifying to see that where Spear’s leads, others follow. This time, we are not thinking of our economic…
ByGold, Politics and Venezuela
by Alasdair Macleod Markets were abuzz last week with Chavez’s recall of Venezuela’s gold reserves not currently held in Caracas.…
ByNew at the French Laundry: Curry?
In which Thomas Keller confesses where he’d really like to be eating in London as his pop-up French Laundry launches…
ByHey Mr DJ, Put a Record On
If you want to twist the night away at a soigné soirée, you must have a superstar DJ, says Victoria…
ByDown the Jackson Hole
Last week the world’s leading finance wizards ’hauled-arse off to Wyoming’. Last week the world’s leading finance wizards ‘hauled-arse off…
ByIf Gilbert & Sullivan Wrote on the Riots…
Friend of Spear’s and opera and cabaret singer extraordinaire Melinda Hughes has penned, produced and performed a witty ditty on…
ByProm 53
The pizzicato in the third movement was stunningly slick, such was the understanding between this octogenarian and his fledglings by…
ByFT: Sarko raises taxes on the wealthy
French president Nicolas Sarkozy has given the green light for a highly political budget, placing the burden of new revenue…
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