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Planning exposed… BBC2 tonight (31st Jan)
The Beeb's latest documentary-fodder, "The Planners," which follows planning applications and the "contentious processes behind them," gets underway at 8pm tonight with an episode about building on greenfield…
Premiership’s £100m homes game kicks off
In case you didn't know, it's that time of the year when Premiership footballers have to think about trading in their neo-Doric columns for neo-Georgian ones, and it could mean as much as £100m to the …
View from the Shard gets sketchy
Stephen Wiltshire, the celebrated British artist who draws remarkably detailed cityscapes from memory, has pen-and-inked the panorama from London's newest visitor attraction
Bad press? Go to The Brewery
Effective crisis management can dig you out of the deepest bunker, says William Cash. You just need someone like Matthew Freud and his highbrow journal The Brewery in your corner
Futurewealth #2: stepping into the communication age
In the second of four in-depth reports, wealth gurus Scorpio Partnership explore how the Futurewealthy are rapidly adopting new technologies, discovering that this select international group has a clear…
Bogus property tycoon convicted
We know that lending was a touch easier to come by a few years ago, but £750m for prime property acquisitions when you don't have a bean? Bit rich.
New year, old problems for the doer-upper
It should be so simple... but our resident serial renovator / buying-agent-turned-client Alan Page's do-up project is having a predictably slow start to the new year..
Futurewealth #1: the digital world of the Futurewealthy
In the first of four in-depth reports, wealth gurus Scorpio Partnership explore how the world’s wealthy are engaging with new technologies and how they spend their time online, asking what role they f…
Always be late in Ecuador and other tips for polite travels
Ever been caught out by Peruvian tipping etiquette, or got into hot water for giving the thumbs up in Nigeria? Swissotel has produced a rather handy etiquette map to make sure you don't (unintentionally)…
Garden Rooms: How to extend a property the easy way
Can you really link an interior and an exterior space? You can if you're landscaping guru Barry Burrows...
In search of the secret shires
Clients have a great opportunity to cash up in London and buy in the country (if you know where to look), says Rachel Johnston of Stacks Property Search...
Pigs shouldn’t fly in Shropshire
The swine! says William Cash as one of Shropshire's crown jewels is once again under siege