Leaders & Columnists
New Year, New Life
Divorce lawyers are the only people who look forward to the January return to work because they know there will be a queue of distraught spouses waiting for their expensive advice outside their door.
Tory Time
LUV is in the air, according to Martin Sorrell of WPP, the world’s largest global advertising conglomerate, as he sacks 13,000 employees.
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
Family Fortunes
Inspired by his own Viking heritage, Clive Aslet ponders the fruit that falls from the family tree
Post Apocalyptic
A prolonged Royal Mail strike could actually put the smiles back on our faces, says a hopeful Alessandro Tomé
The Season for Misgiving
Bah humbug! The final two months of the year herald a string of ‘holidays’ that bring many Americans to fever pitch, says Vanessa Neumann
Will You?
Caroline Garnham finds that making a will requires more consideration than simply who gets the loot
Retrench Tomorrow
As today’s aggressive Keynesianism gives way to wrenching fiscal retrenchment, says Guy Monson, the global economic recovery will be a two-speed affair
Wall Street Turns the Page
New York’s financiers are enjoying seeing their names in print, says Rob Cox, if the glamorous launches for books on the 2008 crisis are to be believed
All the World's a Stage
Want to get plugged in to the most exciting and exclusive network of power players in the world? Better have an idea worth spreading, says Sophie Walker
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Q
I have been reading in the press recently that if you are not a UK citizen it is going to become more difficult to divorce in the UK. Is this true?
A
It is a fact that in recent years there has been an increase in ‘forum shopping’ divorces and London has been described as the divorce capital of the world.
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