Surrey closed the gap to leading Division One side Essex yesterday with an innings victory over Kent in Canterbury. Dan Worrall took 4-31 while Cameron Steel took 3-38 as the …
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FTSE 100 closes at new record but misses out on all-time high
The FTSE 100 set a new record closing price at the beginning of the week, although it fell narrowly short of its all-time intra-day high set last February. The blue-chip …
Knife review: Salman Rushdie’s memoir is a reckoning with his reader – and it’s written with resentment
Knife is a moving memoir, but Salman Rushdie’s yearning to separate life from art is riddled with contradiction, writes Anna Moloney “The knife defines me,” Salman Rushdie writes. He wishes …
Seraphim Space investment trust manager sells assets to itself to unlock value
Seraphim Space Investment Trust has sold its stake in all nine of its early-stage companies to a new venture capital fund managed by Seraphim. Seraphim Space has been the best-performing …
If Sadiq Khan is serious about boosting the creative industries, he must work with the private sector
London’s creative industries are world-leading. The mayor talks a good game on supporting them, but his manifesto is light on detail, says Phoebe Gardiner Despite launching at London’s Design District …
What is going on with London house prices? It’s messy, but green shoots are appearing
After a challenging few years green shoots appear to be emerging in London’s property market. For the month of April average prices in the capital rose by 2.8 per cent …
London venture capital funding halves as deals sink to eight-year lows
London venture capital funding fell to its lowest level since 2018 during the first quarter of this year, with only $1.7bn (£1.4bn) in funding raised. This sharp drop from $3.7bn …
The Black Dog: Who owns London pub mentioned by Taylor Swift in Tortured Poets album?
Taylor Swift fans have been flocking to a south London pub after the megastar made a reference to it in her latest album, The Tortured Poets Department. The Black Dog …
Antisemitism and the problem with being “openly Jewish”
Gideon Falter knew exactly what he was doing by deliberately turning up at a pro-Palestine march in a kippah. His approach helps no one, says Jack Mendel British Jews are …
Coach and Stuart Weitzman owner plunges into the red as ‘price sensitive’ Kate Spade customers slow sales
The UK arm of American luxury fashion brands Coach, Kate Spade and Stuart Weitzman plunged into the red after losing more than £60m during its latest financial year, it has …