What do you get for the person who has everything? Take a visit to Connolly. Perhaps London’s most stylish shop, it is a vault of beautiful things — endless objets…
News Room
-
-
Business
Government borrowing higher than expected after winter fuel payments U-turn
by News Roomby News RoomPublic sector net debt, including the Bank of England, reached £2.93 trillion at the end of November, which is around 95.6% of gross domestic product (GDP) and 0.3 percentage points…
-
Culture
50 years of Huerga & Fierro: “There are others who edit with a bow tie: our bet has been on heterodoxy” | Culture
by News Roomby News RoomAntonio Huerga (Cartagena, 69 years old) was “a hairy hippie, he talked a lot, a snake charmer,” as Charo Fierro (Audanzas del Valle, León, 65 years old) remembers him. It…
-
Community
Fairytale French chateaux for sale for the price of a London terrace house
by News Roomby News RoomIf you, like many Londoners, find yourself despondent looking at derelict homes like this one in Camden that are selling for nearly £1 million, you could consider an alternate reality.…
-
Business
Retail sales dip unexpectedly in November as Black Friday fizzles
by News Roomby News RoomThe Office for National Statistics said the total volume of retail sales is estimated to have fallen by 0.1% in November.
-
Events
Christmas Day 2023: London’s best lunches, from Bob Bob Ricard to Enoteca Turi
by News Roomby News RoomMany Young’s pubs are offering Christmas Day menus (the Windmill in Clapham looks like a winner) but for sheer feelgood factor none beat the Guinea in Mayfair, tucked down a…
-
Culture
Trump adds his name to the Kennedy Center, Washington’s great cultural center, without Congress | Culture
by News Roomby News RoomIn a trend already common in Donald Trump’s Washington, what began as a joke became an extravagant reality this Friday. It was when some workers began early in the morning…
-
Business
Competition and Markets Authority to probe ABF’s deal to buy Hovis
by News Roomby News RoomIn August, Associated British Foods (ABF) struck a deal to buy the 135-year-old business from US private equity owner Endless.
-
Community
Modern Method of Auction: How does the ‘ebay for property buying’ work?
by News Roomby News RoomWithout a cash lump sum to buy outright, most people might think property auctions are not for them. But the modern method of auction (MMA) is changing that – as…
-
Business
FTSE 100 in the green after lower-than-expected US inflation figures
by News Roomby News RoomAnglo American edged up 0.4% after reporting that it was striving to wrap up the sale of its nickel business.