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The Sloane Club

I have a friend who roosts at The Sloane Club when she is in London. It is conveniently located in Lower Sloane Street just a biscuit’s throw from Sloane Square and Peter Jones. Quick digression; Margaret Thatcher set great store by living near Peter Jones and for many years had a house in Flood Street.

Are Brokers Human?

When I lived at Barmeath I was a young dabbler in the stock market using my grandfather’s broker, Dudgeon, in Suffolk Street, Dublin. They were an old-fashioned firm whose partners were all known to my grandfather as friends or relations. On important occasions such as the Irish Derby there would be no partner in the… Continue reading Are Brokers Human?

Latte Delivery

The post was delivered six days a week at Barmeath by a postman on a bicycle. He pedalled up the drive and sometimes got a nip on the ankle from an elderly, testy Labrador for his trouble.

Leo and Hal

There are a lot of connections between J Lyons and Hammersmith.

Six to Follow

Robin Oakley, for many years BBC Political Editor and then, until 2008, European Political Editor for CNN writes a column, The Turf, in The Spectator. He recommends twelve to follow twice a year; twelve jumpers and twelve on the flat.

Globalisation

Is globalisation good, bad or inevitable? It should be good. It should provide jobs and raise living standards in developing (euphemism for poor) countries.

Do You Remember … ?

Do you remember the Great Eastern Hotel beside Liverpool Street station? Not the swanky one that Conran opened in 2007 – the original one that opened in 1884.

Store Wars

There are developments on the Barons Court retail scene. The Four Vintners off-licence that went into receivership last year is to re-open as a branch of Oddbins.

Sinking Sterling

Hear ye, hear ye, all the news from Annecy! Actually there isn’t any today. It has been overcast with cloud hanging over the mountains and my mood seems to sync with the weather.

EEA

Three months after the EU referendum we are having the sort of detailed debate we should have had three months before the referendum. It comes as no surprise that Nissan’s continued investment in the UK is at jeopardy. Let’s look at the numbers.