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Manhattan’s latest parental punishment

27.04.09

I have seldom been as relieved to read an article as one that appeared last week by New York Times writer Andrew Das... more

The Big Apple is learning to live again

06.04.09

THE Russian businessman I was having a drink with lived in London. "I prefer London to New York right now; in London not everyone talks about their depleted bank balance; in New York everyone does," he said. I agreed... more

Sex appeal takes years to master

30.03.09

DETAILS magazine has dictated that the sexiest woman on the planet is not Scarlett Johansson, or Gisele Bundchen, but Jennifer Aniston — who is 40... more

If we ‘kill the rich’, don’t we kill the dream?

23.03.09

MY neighbour at dinner, a hedge-fund manager originally from Texas, was emphatic... more

The guillotine hasn't arrived here - yet

16.03.09

These days it's not just financial journalists who follow the movements of financiers. So, too, do the entertainment channels and press... more

Let frivolous fashion defy the NY blues

16.02.09

New York Fashion Week is here - and, as Lela Rose, the Texan designer, says as she threads her needle and fits her models, "the show must go on"... more

Bad times bring out the best in Manhattan

09.02.09

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Cloud-cuckoo-land on Wall Street

26.01.09

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Parent trap with harpoons thrown in

05.01.09

If the recession doesn't kill you, parenthood will. That has been my experience over the New Year... more

Haggling my way through the blues

29.12.08

I wish I could say that this holiday season has felt as cheerful as usual. But the emptiness in New York's streets and stores both on December 24th and 26th merely amplified the depressing retail statistics... more

Just don’t tell us what your manicure costs

22.12.08

"What recession?" shouted the front page of the New York Post last week, beside a picture of a blonde Swedish countess, Marie Douglas-David... more

Spot the next Madoff is our new parlour game

15.12.08

IT BEGAN with the names of corporate victims who had lived high on debt, such as Viacom CEO Sumner Redstone, casino king Sheldon Adelson and Lehman president Joe Gregory... more

With her legs, Palin didn't need a makeover

08.12.08

Just when I'd hoped Sarah Palin would disappear from public consciousness, it seems we can't get rid of the former Republican vice-presidential candidate... more

For one fearful moment I long for home

01.12.08

On the eve of Thanksgiving, the TV screens filled with the terrible footage of the attacks on Mumbai... more

For some, this crisis is on another planet

24.11.08

We're told a global recession of almost Depression proportions is taking place, fragmenting the social hierarchy... more

Cancel Christmas - sorry, but no one gets anything this year

17.11.08

Given that it hasn't yet got properly cold here, it feels like a very strange hallucination... more

My night of joy, then exhaustion dawns

10.11.08

For a moment last week, around midnight on Tuesday, we all went mad with joy... more

The silicon chips aren't down yet

13.10.08

"How poor are you?" That's what formerly rich guys ranging from hedge-fund kings and tech pioneers to bankers and trust-fund heirs are now asking each other at dinners around town. ... more

And a small glass of Chateau Plonk, please

06.10.08

Last week saw not just the initial failure of Hank Paulson's bail-out bill but also the death of the $800 bottle of wine... more

Lose your job and watch friends vanish

29.09.08

Alberto Vilar once promised so many millions to both New York's Metropolitan Opera and London's Royal Opera House that his name was engraved in both places — only to be removed in 2005, when prosecutors charged him with stealing most of his fortune... more

Creative Brits are the talk of the town

11.08.08

In New York, the pre-movie hype about Woody Allen's latest movie, Vicky Cristina Barcelona, had all been about the kiss between Penélope Cruz, onscreen and real-life girlfriend of male lead Javier Bardem, and America's modern version of Marilyn Monroe, Scarlett Johansson... more

It's official: guys can wear shorts to work

04.08.08

For women, dressing for summer here is a whole lot easier (and cheaper) than in London. You know that stepping outside will feel like walking into a blast furnace, so you choose pretty light sundresses and then you buy a cardigan to battle the freezing air-conditioning inside... more

Divorce is up, personal trainers down

21.07.08

Last week, in the wake of the near-implosion of mortgage insurer Fannie Mae, and with rumours swirling about the fate of Lehman Brothers, where the stock has plummeted 70 per cent, I got an email from a friend... more

Tough times, but still they keep giving

14.07.08

New York's billionaires, it seems, have not really noticed the downturn. They still spend their summers on lavish yachts in Europe, and are still flying in their own planes... more

London, you've changed for the better

16.06.08

For the first time in a year I have spent the week in London, working and seeing friends. It has been an eye-opening experience; after all, it has been 11 years since I lived here... more

My nursery shame as a no-show mom

09.06.08

Vicky Ward gains a new respect for nursery school graduation ceremonies... more

Big Apple macho men spin out of control

02.06.08

I will readily confess to being a New York gym rat: I like to go for a run or workout on the elliptical machines... more

Give me Michelle over Hillary any day

19.05.08

It was an intensely political evening. First, the premiere of the amazing new film Recount, starring Kevin Spacey and Denis Leary, turned the dry legal arguments about "hanging chads" in the aftermath of the 2000 presidential election into fascinating drama. Then screens hung down at New York's Four Seasons restaurant so we could watch the results come in from the polls in West Virginia... more