Bank of London to cut jobs as part of investor-led restructuring
The Bank of London will cut nearly 15 per cent of its workforce as part of a wider restructuring of the fledgling bank that ...
The centre holds in Ireland
As with immigration, the economy will provide much for Ireland’s next government to think about. But perhaps Ireland’s ...
Nike goes back to the future
On June 27th, Nike chief executive John Donahoe presided over one of the bleakest earnings calls in the history of the ...
Transcript: Swamp Notes — Misinformation as a campaign strategy
Sonja Hutson Springfield, Ohio, is a city of around 60,000 people. For a long time, it was perhaps best known as the ...
Politics class: Lib Dems to press Rachel Reeves to raise taxes on banks and wealthy
Party leader Ed Davey has proposed increased support for the NHS, to proof it against winter crises, when emergency funding ...
Private equity’s tax tussle needs pragmatism, not intellectual purity
Meanwhile, many countries have favourable regimes for private equity compensation. While a tax rise might cause a few ...
‘I don’t want to scream mid-century’: how to decorate a brutalist flat
London’s Barbican masterpiece has wonderful detailing, but if all that concrete is too much, there are some inspiring ways to ...
The maître d’ at the legendary Le Caprice tells all
I only remember one big bust-up at Le Caprice. It was between the singer Ian Dury and Omar Sharif, star of Lawrence of Arabia ...
Secrets of the ‘set lunch’ success story
Spending £20 on drinks is more than most people would consider at lunchtime, but diners are drawn to it because they’ve saved ...
Victor Halberstadt, chair of the Bilderberg foundation, 1939-2024
Later in life, Halberstadt, who has died at the age of 85, became chair of the Bilderberg foundation, which organises a ...
Mont Blanc in a bonnet
The trail of head torches twinkled between cloud and rock above us, slowly gaining height, disappearing one by one into the ...
Playwright Alexander Zeldin on reworking Antigone for our times: ‘Art is a moral act — we need it’
A few years ago, the UK’s National Theatre staged an exceptionally moving Christmas show. Among the characters were a pregnant woman and her partner, searching for a place to rest. So far, so seasonal ...