. . . Now You Don't
HE LIKED to do that. One of his Eton contemporaries tells of a last meeting between Goldsmith and his much-tried housemaster: 'Well, goodbye, sir. I know we haven't always hit......
Chinese Whispers
HOPES that Hong Kong's last governor might find a cosy place on the board of the richest bank in Hong Kong or out of it can now be written off. He would not be con- sidered for......
Bed And Board
IN BUSINESS, getting on with the chair- man's secretary is a good idea. Getting off with her is not. Running off with her is fatal. This is one reason why United Utili- ties is......
Now You See It . . .
I AM always suspicious of secretive billion- aires. Sometimes the secret is that the money isn't there, or isn't theirs, or, as in Robert Maxwell's case, both. So perhaps Sir......
City And Suburban
What Gordon Brown needs is a soothing holiday beside a Dulwich birdbath CHRISTOPHER FILDES K nneth Clarke was a Chancellor who knew how to go on holiday. He and Mrs Clarke (and......
Eddie This And Eddie That
RELATIONS between Chancellor and Gov- ernor are tense. Their honeymoon began when Mr Brown gave the Bank of England powers to set interest rates, and ended when he took away its......
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