On Wednesday the Chancellor of the Exchequer, Philip Hammond, announced his 2017 budget. He scrapped stamp duty on the purchase of houses priced under...
Read MoreMonth: November 2017
First, a (very) brief history lesson. In 1938, Evelyn Waugh published Scoop, a lively and evocative satire about life in Fleet Street. The newspaper i...
Read MoreFICTION: A beastly profession
When the news broke about movie producer Harvey Weinstein’s serial abuse of women, I can’t say I was shocked. I mean, what he has done was...
Read MoreFASHION: The dark side of the beauty business
A million years ago, Clive James (in my humble opinion perhaps the best television critic of my lifetime), admitted to his infatuation with the Ameri...
Read MoreFILM: Not much of a party but quite animalistic
The government of Qatar has a major project. Qatar National Vision 2030 (QNV 2030), announced in October 2008, is a huge overview of where the country...
Read MoreFOREIGN: Winner of the World Cup of Wealth. And of War?
Airline loyalty cards are handy things. I have a British Airways one, which is sensible enough given that I live in the UK, even though one immediatel...
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