“The art market is always down when the property market is down,” explains the gallery owner Chris Beetles, “but the illustrators market is maintained by people for whom collecting is part of their life, rather than finding a picture to go with the mantelpiece, so they collect through thick and thin.
“Although people don’t like to [...]

Ministers have ditched plans to exempt pubs that do not serve food and are preparing to allow pubs to have segregated “smoking rooms”. The Government is to ban smoking in all bars under new proposals to protect drinkers and bar staff from passive smoking. is apparently ignorant of the need for a smooth transition [to [...]

It looks as though it will struggle to reach the £1.7m produced in its last full year. I am surprised by the upbeat nature of its interim statement. Clearly Lennox is an uncomfortable setback for the portfolio. Should the shares fall further – say to 20p – they will be sold without further ado.The group [...]

That has opened up enormously, partly because of the increase in independent travel. You just need to know roughly what you are doing and spend a bit of time on-screen. You also need to be aware that consumer protection conferred by booking a package is considerable, while for DIY holidays it is minimal.Finally, the range [...]

Some Cape to Cairo trips actually fly over Sudan and northern Kenya because of difficult and/or dangerous travel conditions. Other trans-African journeys skip Egypt and go via West Africa instead. Economic Expeditions’ 29 weeks from Morocco to The Cape costs £1,650 plus £775 kitty. Dragoman Overland offers two options: the more straightforward Encounter trip at [...]