Travel
The Patient English
From cabbies who wait to see you home safely to partygoers who revel through the night, London has the edge on New York in so many ways, says Daisy Prince
Bull's Eye!
Bovey Castle is just the spot for twanging a bow, swinging a club and generally relaxing in high country-house style, says Penelope Bennett
Still De Trop After All This Time
Just when you think St Tropez has overstayed its welcome, it surprises you, says Alan Page, founder of Beachcomber property finders
WSJ: Luxury property owners sue Credit Suisse
Property owners at four U.S. luxury ski and golf resorts are suing Credit Suisse Group AG for $24 billion, accusing the Swiss bank of running a "loan-to-own" program that loaded the resorts up with debt so it could foreclose on their assets when the debt couldn't be repaid.
Yule Fools
How can you go away for one week and come back to find your country taken over by the ghost of Christmas Passé?
Snow Time Like the Present
His Excellency confirmed that the Cresta Club was very worried about the effects of global warming on the run. In 25 years' time, Hedgehog suggested, we could be looking at the Cresta log flume.
Fast Times in the Big Apple
All New Yorkers wondered how they could party into night on Halloween and yet run or cheer the marathon the following morning. Work hard, play hard!
No Easy Way Out
As life gets more stressful, we are going to greater lengths to relax — a paradox that hoteliers understand very well, says Clive Aslet
High Society
William Cash, in Ibiza, joins the A-list jet-set whirl of The Society, Dudley Spencer’s club with an international calendar of social events
Tsar Quality
The buildings, the ballet, the borscht! Josie Goodbody on the splendours of St Petersburg
Books
Madness Under the Royal Palms
Laurence Leamer
Life in Palm Beach, writes Laurence Leamer, ‘is like an elaborate costume party in which one can wear whatever outfit one wants as long as the mask never falls. For over a century, people have come to the exclusive community to reinvent themselves by cloaking themselves in the illusions of wealth. They often build second acts so unrelated to the first that their biographies are like two different lives mysteriously attached to each other.’
Lords of Finance
Liaquat Ahamed
Too many financial history books lack pace, often mired by an overly scholastic approach. Liaquat Ahamed’s magisterial study is not only a compelling exception, but also perfectly-timed as we find ourselves living again in the shadows of a major financial crisis.
Nowhere Man
David Yarrow
David Yarrow has taken his camera around the world and published the results in his book Nowhere. Here is a portfolio of his best shots
HNW Events
Ana Mendieta
19 February 2010
Beer Investment Evening
25 February 2010
Mat Collishaw
26 February 2010
Richard Hamilton
03 March 2010
The Diary
David Linley
17 Dec 2009
Anthony Haden-Guest
14 Sep 2009
Caroline Michel
13 May 2009
Andrew Roberts
24 Feb 2009
Victoria Aitken
08 Jan 2009
