22 JULY 1989, page 22

Soane Squared

WHY did the Lord Mayor of London cross the road? To get to the Bank of England presenting it, this week, with the City Heritage Award for Sir John Soane's noble Stock Office,......

City And Suburban

Where to find the chairman to electrify British Rail CHRISTOPHER FILDES I n the British Rail Stakes, Sir Robert Reid, like so many of his trains, is a non-runner. He will not be......

Buttonhook Barons...

YOU find yourself in the buttonhook business. You see no great future in it. What do you do about it? You can go on selling buttonhooks for as long as enough people go on buying......

...go Up In Smoke

SIR James argues that the earnings from all the diversifications are still seen as a tobacco company's earnings, and would be more highly rated — and therefore worth more —......