Worth some £6.5 billion ($9.7 billion) as of April 2015, Toronto and Windsor, Florida based Galen and Hilary Weston control an empire that includes Selfridges and Fortnum & Mason. (more…)
Tag: 2015
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Galen and Hilary Weston
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Saluting Sol
Sol Campbell should be saluted for participating in the Operation Black Vote campaign to encourage minorities to register to vote (more…)
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Sofia Coppola
Deemed a “global Godmother of Cool” by Town & Country, actress, director, producer and screenwriter Sofia Coppola triumphed with Lost in Translation (more…) -
Picture of the Week: Drought and degradation
An aerial shot of homes in Rancho Mirage, California provides evidence about the effects of untrammelled growth and excessive water consumption (more…)
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Meyer moves
Sir Christopher and Lady Meyer put their Chelsea townhouse up for sale for £2.3 million more than was asked when they bought it in 2013 – The catch? It’s next door to a kebab shop (more…)
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Emma Sayle
Describing herself on Twitter as “London’s proper little madam”, there’s a lot more to Emma Sayle than meets the eye. (more…) -
Bunking down
Converted Cold War nuclear bunker on the edge of London for sale for £3.5 million (more…)
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Emma Spurgin Hussey: “What’s on your mantelpiece?”
The Steeple Times asks the actress and ‘Poldark’ and ‘Doc Martin’ star Emma Spurgin Hussey: “What’s on your mantelpiece?” (more…)
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Alphonse Fletcher, Jr. (AKA “Buddy Fletcher”)
The fund founded by “The Black Madoff” was bankrupted in 2012 after Alphonse Fletcher, Jr.’s firms, Fletcher Asset Management and Fletcher International, failed to meet redemption requests of £97 million ($144 million). (more…)
