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I ran this story in my column on Substack just over three years ago, and I am running it again so new subscribers will have a chance to read it. It’s a piece I wrote for the late lamented New Times Magazine in 1977, on assignment from my editor, John Lombardi. I’ve never written about how I got...
Why food crime is so much more than counterfeit chocolate bars. In recent years, Londoners and tourists in the UK capital will have noticed an influx of American sweet shops....
Diana, Princess of Wales, died 25 years ago after a car crash in the Pont de l'Alma tunnel in Paris. Her death led to a global outpouring of grief and media attention. Much of...
Tourism destinations globally are seeing a significant hit to their economies as Russians stay at home due to war-related sanctions, with possible long-term effects on...
Metamorphosis In this very special series of exclusive articles for The Property Chronicle, Australian property legend Norman Harker reflects on his extraordinary 50-year life in...
Energy expert Q&A. While thermometers have been well into the red across the northern hemisphere, people are panicking about the cost of energy bills once winter starts to...
Real assets are not what they were. Just as those of us in the West were starting to get our lives back after the pandemic, Russia invaded Ukraine, provoking a dramatic and...
If all of the vehicles in the world were to convert to electric, would it be quieter? – Joseph, age 10, Chatham, New Jersey If everyone everywhere received a free electric...
Post-Covid, life has not yet reached the new normal, according to this writer. Some readers will know that I relocated from Hong Kong to the UK in early March. I have to say that...
Our research gave a surprising result. Money can’t buy happiness. Many of us are told this at some point in our lives, but that doesn’t seem to stop many people from wanting...