Death and taxes
SUCCESSION TAX was abolished by the Portuguese legislator and replaced by Stamp Duty with effect from January 2004. However, this does not mean that the beneficiaries of an estate do
January blues
IF YOU are suffering from the January blues, don’t expect any sympathy from me. I am currently sitting in a tawdry damp internet café in East London, desperately trying to
Kenya
Rescuers hunt for survivors RESCUERS ARE cutting through layers of concrete hoping to find survivors from a building that collapsed in the Kenyan capital, Nairobi, earlier this week. At least
An essential addition to your library …
Complete Mediterranean Wildlife by Paul Sterry THIS IS a deservedly popular book, which has been a bestseller at the Griffin Bookshop and was sorely missed when it became out of
Off The Wall – a tribute to Pink Floyd
WHEN THE warring factions of the real Floyd kissed and made up for Live8, rumours were abound about more live performances by Waters, Gilmour, Mason and Wright. However, this was
Cheap meat has a lot to answer for
OVER THE centuries, livestock farming has suffered from occasional outbreaks of disease from which animals have died, their loss accepted as part of the outgoings. With an upsurge in world
Chile
Pinochet’s wife held in fraud case THE WIFE of Chile’s former military ruler, Augusto Pinochet, has been arrested on charges of tax evasion. Lucia Hiriart was held with four of
Iran writes a suicide manual
THOSE WHO marvel at George Bush’s undoubted intellectual incoherence – “please don’t misunderestimate me” – will now have to apply the same criterion to Iran’s new President, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad. President
Balderdash –Posh ‘n’ Spice
ACCORDING TO the highly regarded Paris glossy, Le Point, the French don’t wash very much. In fact, nine out of 10 citizens admitted to not making regular use of soap.
Diamond Collapse
WE ARE featuring two very different books this week, one popular non-fiction and one fiction. Both are showing signs of being popular sellers. Collapse by Jared Diamond Diamond, a professor