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Reduce the heating bill for your draughty old country pile by turning the thermostat up! Ross Clark on the government’s…
ByMan Group review of July
Markets in July were dominated by two major macro issues: US debt ceiling negotiations and Eurozone sovereign debt. Concern over…
ByTime is Money
Caroline Garnham on why complicated new rules from the Treasury may be making checking whether you’re a UK resident much…
ByJohn Studzinski of the Genesis Foundation on his philanthropy at the Royal Court Theatre
THE GIVER AND THE GIFT Zain Alatas speaks to John Studzinski about human dignity and Elyse Dodgson of the Royal…
ByAccentuate the Positive
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ByHands Off the Loot!
FOR ANY HIGH-NET-WORTH individual, safeguarding one’s money from attack, either from the tax man or other predators, is normally a…
ByWhat Is Luxury? At Last, An Answer
Spear’s has learned of one pioneering individual who decided to make a stand against the overuse of ‘luxury’ by Sophie…
ByProtect Rural Life
Local regional economic growth and a distinctive character of rural life go together, and cannot be severed This is part…
ByWarren Buffett: Tax Me More!
Warren Buffett has written an editorial for the New York Times asking for himself and his fellow billionaires to be…
ByFatca(ts) Beware
The American government are forcing banks around the world to sack their US clients, says Kristin Konschnik, as the new…
BySalisbury Plain? Anything But
What brings a firm to the broad lands of Wiltshire? Mark Nayler meets the men behind Quilter, who are establishing…
ByDoyenne of the Downturn
What becomes of personal shoppers during a recession? They morph into wardrobe economists and magically turn slingbacks into cutbacks, says…
ByThe Only Way is London
Even a dapper globe-trotting museum-board-sitting financier has to find a place to settle, and Robert Tomei tells William Cash why…
ByWhy No Wi-Fi?
To get my vote Virgin need to find a way to make mobile phones work properly on their trains, and…
ByNothing Accedes Like Success
Recent history has not been kind to Croatia, but with EU membership on the horizon, now’s the time to reconsider…
ByThe Fast and the Furious
There are serious questions to answer about HS2 Yesterday, I had a visit to Upton Cressett from Caroline Bedell, Regional…
ByThe Pendulum
Stephen Hill swings between pessimism about the West’s bloated balance sheets and optimism about the chance to reshape our economics.…
ByHacked Off!
Who’s listening to your phone calls, asks Josh Spero THERE ARE BETTER ways to start the day than leaning over…
ByThe European Virus
Politicians soon succumb to this deadly mixture which renders them incapable of making any sensible decisions among themselves The Holy…
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