7 JULY 1990, page 23

Job Lots

EVERYTHING must go at Barclays. The demolition men are gathering in Lombard Street to lay waste the head office — a fine example of that unloved architectural style, Banker's......

Up Rayner's Sleeve

CLOSER, even, to a City man's heart than his wallet is his shirt. Lord Rayner, the chairman of Marks & Spencer, is causing agitations in both. He has brought to the corner of......

The Pain Barrier

I suppose it was all too painful for Karl Otto Pohl. As the truckloads of his marks rumbled away in their billions, to be exchanged at par for the little blue lun- cheon......

City And Suburban

Why do ministers go to the summit? Because it is there CHRISTOPHER FILDES W hether the front end of a politician contributes more to greenhouse gases than the back end of a cow......

Poor Texas

PITIFUL must be the sights awaiting Europe's summiteers, when they land in Houston. Ten-gallon hats will be held out in front of them: 'Wife and six oil rigs to support',......