David Cameron is to call for moral capitalism: He needs to tackle moral hazard first November 7, 2011 IT IS widely expected that the Prime Minister is going to start calling for a more moral form of capitalism. I have a simple test of whether a politician is trying to debate, or avoid, tough policy questions – I ask myself whether anybody would disagree with the opposite of what the politician is calling [...]
HOW TO GET DRESSED: EUROPE CITY BREAK September 5, 2011 FOUNDERS OF ROUS ILAND MEMBERS’ BOUTIQUE, WWW.ROUSILAND.COM Q. I’m grabbing an early-autumn break in Rome, rather than heading to the beach. It’s still hot there: what do I need to look cool in the city? A.Rome in September can be pretty sweltering but you need to dress city (and sometimes Vatican) appropriate. Set yourself apart from [...]
Ancient and modern wonders July 3, 2011 THE Eternal City has had a 21st-century makeover. In the last few years, daring new architect-designed buildings have been springing up, while workmen sing along to Tony Bennett: “The glory that was Rome/Is of another day.” The Auditorium Parco della Musica was created by Renzo Piano, and took 12 years to build. The American architect [...]
Vatican Bank turns to courts to have €23m in assets freed October 7, 2010 THE Vatican Bank has asked an Italian court to free €23m (£20.1m) of funds frozen in Italian banks when magistrates opened an investigation into suspicion of money laundering. Vincenzo Scordamaglia, the lawyer representing the Vatican Bank, said a panel of three judges will hold a hearing within two weeks to decide on the request. Scordamaglia [...]
CITY A.M.’S STUNNING STRIMPEL PROBES THE STRANGE MALE BRAIN July 1, 2010 SUPER-GLAM Sketch last night played host to the debut book launch party of City A.M.’s very own lifestyle editor, Zoe Strimpel. Around 80 select guests were invited to celebrate the publication of What The Hell Is He Thinking?, Strimpel’s eighty-questions-and-answers guide to what goes on in the male brain. “Men are tough to figure out [...]
WHAT THE OTHER PAPERS SAY THIS MORNING April 26, 2010 FINANCIAL TIMES FISHMEAL PRICES SCALE ALL-TIME HIGH The price of fishmeal, the key feedstuff for salmon and shrimp aquaculture, has surged to an all-time high after an earthquake wiped out processing plants in Chile, the world’s second-biggest exporter of the commodity, this year. The blow comes as the industry is already battling a supply squeeze [...]
Brown is back, with silly plots, codes and terrible prose back September 16, 2009 THE LOST SYMBOLBY DAN BROWNBantam Press, £18.99 WITH AN initial print run of a million copies in the UK alone, and 6.5m worldwide, there is no doubt that Dan Brown’s latest – the follow-up, as you will know, to the Da Vinci Code – will be a publishing phenomenon. Robert Langdon, professor of symbology at [...]
Church of Nonsense May 14, 2009 ANGELS & DEMONSCert: 12ATHIS tediously dull follow up to the tediously dull Da Vinci Code was the highest-profile victim of the Hollywood writers’ strike last year, becoming substantially delayed as a result. However, it gives the impression of not having been written by professionals at all. Instead, the dialogue consists almost entirely of lumbering exposition. [...]