On his website, Bentley driving Raj Shastri states: “My father told me that if you want to do something, find the best person in the field, then copy and learn from them”. (more…)
Tag: 2007
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Raj Von Badlo (also known as Raj Shastri and Raj Paull)
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Head to Highclere: A review of The Yew Tree Inn
The revitalisation of The Yew Tree Inn at Highclere has put this country pub firmly back on the culinary radar (more…)
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Carole Malone
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A mean mansion
Former residence of Leona Helmsley comes to the market
Leona Helmsley didn’t do “little”. She lived by the belief that “only the little people pay taxes” and housed herself in a vast mansion on a 40-acre plot in Connecticut. Helmsley died at the house in 2007 and it is now once again for sale (more…)
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Well sly water
Matthew Steeples examines London venues charging the most for mineral water
A 500ml bottle of San Pellegrino will set you back just 63p in Tesco. At The Wellesley in Knightbridge, however, a customer, Edward Heaton, was left somewhat shocked when he got a bill of £75 for three bottles on 17th July. (more…)
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Drugs and Dents
A Cumbrian mansion built by opium traders and more recently used by cannabis growers comes to the market for just £1.5 million
Built by the well-known Dent family, who made their fortune trading both tea and opium, Flass is a vast 23,000 square foot Palladian mansion on the outskirts of the village of Maulds Meaburn in Cumbria. Ironically it was also the setting for one of the country’s biggest drug raids in May 2012. (more…)
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Mansions for £1
An English country house that sold for a £1 and a Scottish mansion with an asking price of just £1
Downton Abbey addicts take note: For the same price as a double cheeseburger on McDonald’s saver menu you could live like the Earl and Countess Grantham if you bought a Georgian mansion in Chirnside in Berwickshire (more…)
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Dot.dollar
Two-letter web address sells for $3.6 million (£2.1 million)
It’s barely news now when a social media website sells for a billion dollars, but news that a web address has changed hands for $3.6 million (£2.1 million) is quite extraordinary. (more…)
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Dizzy Wizzy
Owners of the G-Wiz are an illogical breed of motorists
The G-Wiz is undoubtedly my least favourite car but this week on seeing an image taken by Khaled Khawaja of one and then taking another myself in a similar context, I realised drivers of such vehicles are truly the most ludicrous individuals. (more…)
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Piers’ problem
Piers Morgan questioned over phone hacking
For too long Operation Weeting has focused on Rebekah Brooks. Now, with the revelation that Piers Morgan has been questioned under caution over alleged phone hacking, Scotland Yard are finally starting to wake up and smell the coffee. (more…)
