Classic clangers from the last week
Tag: businessman
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Speedback
David Brown Automotive’s Speedback is a stunning vehicle
David Brown shares not only his name with Sir David Brown of DB Aston Martin fame but also an ability to create the most stunning of cars. The contemporary Brown, though not related to Sir David or Aston Martin in any way, has plainly taken inspiration from his namesake in creating a new sports car that will be launched at the Top Marques show at the Grimaldi Forum in Monaco on 17th April. (more…)
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A dictator’s dream
50,000 square foot Utah mansion that would suit an exiled dictator or lottery lout
Money and taste don’t necessarily go together and no more is this rule proven than in a $30 million (£18 million) Utah mansion (more…)
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Peck’s ‘Mockingbird Bentley’
Bentley owned by Gregory Peck for 34 years goes to auction
Gregory Peck loved his 1961 Bentley S2 Continental Flying Spur so much that he kept it for 34 years. The very same car is set to be auctioned on 17th January by RM Auctions. (more…)
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Iqbal Latif: “What’s on your mantelpiece?”
20 questions with businessman Iqbal Latif
The Steeple Times shares “wit and wisdom”. What’s your guiding force?
Unlearning the old and relearning the new.
“Don’t get even, get medieval” is, in our humble opinion, a great motto. What’s yours?
“Be an integral part of rising global consciousness”. Seven billion connected minds in this age of connectivity will be a force to reckon with.
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A Prodigy house
A country seat with a prodigious history
Historic Brereton Hall in Brereton, Cheshire is a fine Elizabethan country house but one that has been sadly separated from much of its original estate. (more…)
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Lewis Moody: “What’s on your mantelpiece?”
20 questions with former English rugby union player and England captain Lewis Moody
The Steeple Times shares “wit and wisdom”. What’s your guiding force?
Family and friends who will always keep you grounded and honest
“Don’t get even, get medieval” is, in our humble opinion, a great motto. What’s yours?
A man’s character is not judged by his successes, but by how many times he is knocked on his ass and gets back up again.
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A house that hasn’t sold in 14 years
‘Cotswold style’ mansion dramatically reduced in price after 14 years on the market
Americans love all things British and they especially love to replicate our architecture. In the Northern Californian town of Hillsborough, a fine example is a 35,000 square foot mansion named The Tobin Clark Estate. (more…)
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Yan Assoun
The term “bonfire of the bankers” truly applies to the life of this divorced Frenchman who has variously been based in London and New York. Back in 2009, he told Bloomberg: “I haven’t cried yet” after being made redundant by Credit Suisse in 2009 and then in October 2013, party loving Assoun informed a London court: “I don’t have any money… Yes I own a $3.3 million New York apartment — it doesn’t mean I’m rich”. This managing partner of the MYD Markets trade execution firm is plainly a man in need of a better publicist. -
Price vs. Patience
Stonebrook Court Manor: The sale of a Californian mansion where it’s more about patience than price
Stonebrook Court Manor in California’s Los Altos Hills has been on and off the market since January 2008. Its owner, a “television executive turned Internet investor” and investment banker named Kelly Porter, though said to be “in no hurry to sell”, has reduced his asking price from £28.1 million ($45 million) to £16.8 million ($27 million) through Arthur Sharif & Associates. (more…)