Free Little Pigs
What’s with all this wallowing in recession misery? Far better if we stopped whining and took responsibility for our own…
ByMonth: July 2009
Hedgehog Issue 12
From why you should divorce now to the true wisdom of financiers, from China to the Alps via Highgrove, it’s…
ByAll in the Mind
Penelope Bennett talks to four experts, each with a different view on what it takes to achieve and maintain rude…
ByBack in Blacks
Getting squiffy on English gin and French champagne in the company of a Swiss magazine editor and an Italian rake…
ByA New Hugh
Hugh Warrender rediscovers his cheekbones and kisses his love handles goodbye at the spartan Ashram in California Hugh Warrender rediscovers…
ByReuters: Mexican millionaires buy cheap exec jets
LONDON, July 13 (Reuters) – A group of Mexican billionaires are backing a fund seeking to buy cheap executive jet…
ByEaton Sq mansion sold by tycoon for huge discount
A mansion on London’s exclusive Eaton Square in Belgravia – complete with 10m indoor swimming pool and staff quarters –…
ByPrince Charles allies with City for charitable fund
The Prince’s Trust has joined forces with the City to launch an investment fund which makes tax-friendly donations to charity.…
ByUK asset managers fared worse than rest of world
UK quoted asset management companies appear to have fared much more badly than the rest of the market, according to…
ByPalazzo Envy II
William Cash buries his snobbery and appreciates the unexpected benefits of shared ownership at the historic Castello di Casole, near…
ByWhat a Good Sport
With his City Championships, Simon Jacot de Boinod turned corporate networking into fun and games. Now Spear’s finds him shifting…
ByWords but no meaning
Government is applying false nomenclature to true numbers, and all in the name of “transparency” ’ don’t you see? Gobbledygook…
ByBook Awards remarks
It is a heartening fact that Netherland by Joseph O’Neill was 4,435 places above Hedge Fund Wives in the bestselling…
ByBitter honeytraps
A British diplomat was required to resign after a video of him in a brothel accompanied by two hookers in…
ByGuy Fawkes
Another cartoon from the sharpest pen: Guy Fawkes “Moving on, Jack Straw has announced the banning of Guy Fawkes Night…
ByPhilanthropy survey finds young keenest to give
Philanthropy among the high-net worth community is alive and well despite the financial crisis, according to a new report from…
ByWBull: Art fund buys Picasso and Warhol
Castlestone Management, the asset manager which launched a retail art investment fund in May, bought works by Pablo Picasso and…
ByNYT: US, UBS delay court hearing to try to settle
The Swiss bank UBS and United States federal prosecutors sought on Sunday to delay a hearing scheduled for Monday so…
ByAll in the Mind: Details
More information on how to maintain your mental health The trauma specialist Paula Madrid Click here to hear Paula Madrid…
ByC’est Si Bon
Oscar Humphries on Le Bristol — quite possibly Paris’s most perfect palace hotel I remember hearing, around the turn of…
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