London is increasingly home to the top 1% by income, study finds
Highest earners in the country overwhelmingly middle-aged men living in the south-east
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Aman to develop three stunning resorts in North-West Saudi Arabia, in AlUla
Aman Announces a New Destination: AlUla, Saudi Arabia. Aman proposes an extraordinary visitor experience in AlUla, Saudi Arabia – a tranquil simplicity offering unmatched opportunities for exploration and discovery. According to arabnews, AlUla’s Aman resorts will be first of their kind in Mideast. Aman announced its forthcoming debut in the Kingdom of Saudi … Read more
Crown Sydney to be a luxury, 6-star experience
The government of New South Wales has decided that it would be appropriate to allow the owners of the Crown franchise to build a casino resort in Sydney. The decision came recently and has been an exciting piece of news for the owners of the franchise and for some of the Sydney residents … Read more
Left to rot: the new global effort to preserve lost monuments
From a railway run by children in Ljubljana to brutalist monuments in the Balkans, the Nonument Group maps abandoned 20th-century architecture
188-year-old Villa Les Cèdres, the world’s most expensive house, sold by Campari
Campari Group has reached an agreement to sell Villa ‘Les Cèdres’. Italy’s Campari Group has reached a preliminary agreement for the sale of the real estate property ‘Villa Les Cèdres’, located in Saint-Jean Cap-Ferrat, France. The luxury villa had entered Campari Group’s portfolio within the context of the Grand Marnier acquisition in 2016 … Read more
Yogi Berra’s baseball bat and a $17,500 typewriter: a visit to the auction of Philip Roth’s estate
The great American novelist died last year – and a huge stash of personal effects went on sale last week. J Oliver Conroy went along