City of London
The City still runs on nepotism
When Liz Truss says she wants to give tax cuts to the wealthiest, she thinks she is making a moral…
Are plans to abandon the office premature?
To what extent will our pandemic lifestyles stick? With ‘work from home’ guidance in place for the best part of…
Meet London’s senior mayor (no, it’s not Sadiq)
London’s other mayor How many people could name the capital’s other mayor, the Lord Mayor of London? The office, officially…
The new Wheeler’s is the worst thing Marco Pierre White has ever done
Wheeler’s is such a dreadful restaurant that I wonder if Marco Pierre White even knows his name is on it.…
Sell the London Stock Exchange if you must. But not to Frankfurt!
The London Stock Exchange is no longer the red-hot crucible it once was, given the multifarious ways by which shares,…
The City’s real players may be voting ‘out’ in the EU referendum
‘The City is in no doubt that staying in Europe is the only way ahead,’ declared Mark Boleat for the…
‘I enjoy the banal’: Stephen Bayley meets Martin Parr
The photographer Martin Parr claims to like ordinary people, but are his pictures celebratory or mocking, asks Stephen Bayley
Our terrified central bankers have sat on interest rates long enough
When news broke last Thursday evening that the US Federal Reserve had decided to keep interest rates on hold, I…
Why the City might yet miss stroppy regulator Martin Wheatley
A City insider at last month’s Mansion House dinner told me the Financial Conduct Authority had become ‘a bit of…
Ten myths about Brexit
Don’t believe the scare stories about leaving the EU
Fenchurch in the Sky Garden – like going for dinner in Total Recall
Fenchurch is a restaurant that is scared of terrorists. It cowers at the top of 20 Fenchurch Street, a skyscraper…
Why Yanis Varoufakis is my politician of the year
After the heat of battle: the accolades, the recriminations, the telling of history by the victors. It’s six months early…
Why Switzerland should have listened to Hong Kong on currency pegs
The Swiss National Bank usually ticks away as quietly as one of its nation’s more expensive timepieces, but when the…
Why a City job should be graduates’ last resort
August is the season for conversation about career choices. Every holiday party seems to include new graduates or next year’s…
Are we killing investment banking? And if we are, should we care?
Do we really mean to kill investment banking, or are we trampling it by accident in a fit of righteous…
Why the bankers’ bonus debate is not going away
A bouquet to Alison Kennedy, ‘governance and stewardship director’ at the Edinburgh-based pensions provider Standard Life, for leading the rebellion…
Investment trusts – the way the City saves
Investment trusts are coming back into fashion – and rightly so
The Fable would do better as an American Psycho theme bar
The Fable is three floors high and two days old, a monster newly hatched on the Holborn Viaduct; deep below…
