“Sloanes aren't cafe society or NYLON hedge-funders with million-pound bonuses, or London Eurotrash wearing upgraded style anglais. Ann Barr's and my original picture of them in 'The Official Sloane Ranger Handbook,' published in 1982, was of an upper-middle-class world, conservative and fairly homogeneous, united by old attitudes and institutions.” WorldUnitedAttitudeClassMillionsMiddleStyleOriginalsInstitutionsConservativeLondonOfficialsMiddle ClassPoundsBonusRangersCafesHomogeneousUpper Middle ClassNylon Author:Peter York
“If we're talking about buying exchanges abroad, we have to have global securities standards, as we have global banking regulations. I'm talking about margins. Now, the United States has certain margin requirements that are not the same in London. Investors and hedge funds that want to borrow more money against securities ? if they can't in the U.S., they go abroad. That could add additional risks to the global economy.” IfsWantStatesCertainUnitedTalkingUnited StatesEconomyRiskSecurityStandardsAddLondonBuyingFundInvestorsRegulationMore MoneyRequirementsBankingMarginsGlobal EconomyHedge Fund Author:Muriel Siebert
“It was Reagan who began the realignment of American politics, making the Republicans into internationalist Jeffersonians with his speech in London at the Palace of Westminster in 1982, which led to the creation of the National Endowment for Democracy and the emergence of democracy promotion as a central goal of United States foreign policy.” StatesGoalUnitedUnited StatesDemocracyPolicyCreationRepublicanSpeechLondonForeign PolicyAmerican PoliticsPromotionPalacesEmergenceEndowmentWestminster Author:Michael Ignatieff
“In the United Kingdom, for example, the sheer overwhelming dominance of London makes it extremely for provincial cities to develop more than a very restricted financial function. London, in that sense, is akin to the notorious upas tree, a fabulous Javanese tree so poisonous that it destroys all life for many miles around itself.” UnitedCitiesTreeExampleFunctionFinancialLondonMilesKingdomsOverwhelmingSheerFabulousDominancePoisonousNotoriousUnited Kingdom Book:Global Shift: Reshaping the Global Economic Map in the 21st Century Source: Global Shift: Reshaping the Global Economic Map in the 21st Century
“I was filming a movie in London, and I drove through Ireland. It was quite beautiful, and the countryside was really remarkable. The contrast between the countryside and Ireland, and the murals there, with Northern Ireland still being a part of the United Kingdom, there's just a stark contrast in those two things. And I found that the art that came out of the conflict was really spectacular because it was about remembering either events or points of view for local neighborhoods, or the rallying cries of one side against the other.” ArtStillsTwoBeautifulRememberFoundSidesUnitedViewsEventsCryConflictPoint Of ViewLondonLocalsKingdomsTwo ThingsRemarkableNeighborhoodContrastIrelandSpectacularCountrysideStarksUnited KingdomNorthern IrelandRallyingMuralRallying Cry Author:Vince Vaughn
“I can live in Paris for four months or London or, you know, Barcelona. These are places that are like New York. But I don't think I could live in many places. When I had to make a film in the United States I picked San Francisco because to me it's one of the great cities of America.” ThinkingKnowsI CanStatesAmericaFilmUnitedCitiesUnited StatesFourNew YorkMonthsLondonParisSan FranciscoBarcelonaGreat Cities Author:Woody Allen