2 h. ago How City of London's skyline will look in the future when latest skyscrapers are built

New images show how City’s iconic skyline might look once planned skyscrapers go up

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3 h. ago City Corporation reveal new image of future skyline ahead of Europe’s largest real estate conference

City Corporation reveal new image of future skyline ahead of Europe’s largest real estate conference  Newsroom City of London

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29 h. ago Jane Austen’s Bookshelf by Rebecca Romney review – the women behind the woman

An erudite exploration of the female writers who influenced the celebrated 19th-century author brings to light neglected or forgotten but often captivating literatureIt would be easy to mistake Rebecca Romney’s Jane Austen’s Bookshelf for one of the many books produced annually by the Jane Austen industrial-entertainment complex: Jane Austen at Home, Jane Austen: Her Homes & Her Friends, Jane Was Here: An illustrated Guide to Jane Austen’s England. So much cultural real estate has been built off those six published books of Austen’s, it’s a wonder someone hasn’t thought before to do a little detective work into the authors that influenced her: Ann Radcliffe, whose 1794 gothic thriller The Mysteries of Udolpho peppers every other conversation in Northanger Abbey; Elizabeth Inchbald, whose 1798 play Lovers’ Vows is rehearsed by the characters in Mansfield Park; and Frances Burney, whose third novel, Camilla (1796), originated the phrase “pride and prejudice”. “There are two Traits...

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65 h. ago Expandable 'mansion' on wheels that can be set up anywhere hits the market

A cozy, natural light-filled expandable mansion on wheels has just hit the market for a starting price of $346,000 - a perfect set-up for those seeking a life of luxury while always on-the-go.

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3 d. ago ‘I am changed in every cell of my body’: what surgeon Gabriel Weston learned when she faced serious illness at home

First the doctor was diagnosed with a heart disorder, and then her son became dangerously unwell How did it feel to be on the other side of the operating table?Nothing thrills me more than the human body. But, until my mid-20s, it didn’t cross my mind that someone like me could become a doctor. There were no medics in my family. I was slow at maths and science, and gave them up before the age of 16. After school, I decided on an English degree, because it was what I found easiest.Then, in my final year, something important happened. A few of us were hanging out at a friend’s house one evening when his dad, a surgeon from London, arrived to stay for the weekend. Over dinner, we all sat enthralled as he told us stories of his hospital life. He fetched a surgical textbook from his bag, full of photos of some of his favourite operations, and I remember sitting at the kitchen table late into the night, poring over these luminous images, skin peeled back to reveal muscle and bone, tumours...

Science

3 d. ago Winston & Strawn: London Office Grows With Addition Of Real Estate Finance Partner Aparna Sehgal

Winston & Strawn: London Office Grows With Addition Of Real Estate Finance Partner Aparna Sehgal  Pulse 2.0

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4 d. ago Epstein secrets erased as creepy Palm Beach pedophile lair is quietly bulldozed before bombshell 'client list' revelations

Jeffrey Epstein's Palm Beach compound where he abused underage girls has been bulldozed and replaced by new $30M mega-mansion.

Society

5 d. ago US lawmakers warn on China’s planned London embassy ahead of Starmer

Letting Beijing build largest embassy in Europe seen as inappropriate reward given its human rights record

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7 d. ago Iranian exiles in the US want $225 million for years of brutal torture by notorious security chief

Exclusive: Three former dissidents are accusing the Shah of Iran’s “chief torturer” – who later relocated to Florida and became a real estate developer – over years of unimaginable abuse they say continues to haunt them to this day

Economics

7 d. ago Rice paddies to mega resorts: declassified spy satellite images reveal Bali’s transformation

Extent of decades of development is laid bare as Indonesia wrestles with how to control development on the holiday island“I wonder what Bali used to be like?” is a common refrain heard on Indonesia’s best-known holiday island.Famous for its lush green rice paddies and stunning beaches, the “island of the Gods” has undergone rapid change over the past half-century with locals and tourists complaining about the traffic, pollution and badly behaved foreigners that have come with the hotels and resorts that now swamp the island. Continue reading...

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7 d. ago Revealed: The 10 most expensive homes listed for sale in the US

See the top 10 most expensive homes in the US that are currently listed for sale.

Politics

7 d. ago Bacardi heir's insane Disney World mansion sells for second time in six months for a surprising price

A luxurious mansion once owned by Bacardi heiress Hilda Maria Bacardi has changed hands again-just months after she sold it.

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8 d. ago See the birth of a new ICEBERG: Incredible images reveal the moment a berg the size of Chicago broke away from Antarctica's George VI Ice Shelf

A newborn iceberg called A-84 looks like a tiny ice cube as it tumbles along the Antarctic Peninsula in a fascinating new animation from NASA Earth Observatory.

Politics

8 d. ago Germany has voted. But what kind of government will it have?

The country faces weeks or even months of coalition negotiations after no party won a majorityIt has been a extraordinary election in Germany, and the result has been keenly awaited around the world to see what new government might emerge in Europe’s largest but ailing economy.Exit polls show a clear win for the CDU/CSU centre-right alliance, followed by the far-right Alternative für Deutschland (AfD) – an anti-Islam party that has advocated “remigration” for migrants as well as German citizens deemed to have integrated poorly – in second place. Continue reading...

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8 d. ago Britney Spears' former LA mansion hits the market for $8 million

The former home of one of Hollywood's top A-listers has gone on the market for $8 million. The six-bedroom, seven-bath mansion is reportedly 'paparazzi-proof,' making it a top choice for celebrities.

Economics

9 d. ago German voters head to polls facing world of change as far right waits in the wings

Europe holds its breath as world’s third largest economic power and most populous EU country faces crossroadsGerman voters go to the polls today but it is a different world from when the campaign began only a few weeks ago.Nearly 60 million ­people are choosing a government that will have to grapple with the breakdown of the transatlantic alliance under Donald Trump and new threats to European security just as the country’s vaunted economic model is hitting the skids. Continue reading...

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9 d. ago Donald Trump 'secretly recruited as KGB agent' on trip to build Moscow hotel in 1987

It has been claimed that when Donald Trump travelled to Moscow for the first time back in 1987, as a 40-year-old real estate developer, he was recruited as a KGB agent

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1 week ago A train through Germany: is Europe’s powerhouse going off the rails?

In the run-up to Sunday’s crucial election, the Guardian took a long journey through Europe’s heartland to talk to votersCreaking, overcrowded, neglected, Germany’s railways, once a source of national pride, have taken a battering to their image in recent years. Amid wider concerns about the health of Europe’s stagnating largest economy, the state of its trains has become something of a metaphor for a more general sense of malaise.On Sunday Germans will go to the polls in one of the most important elections in recent times, with an emboldened far right hoping to more than double its share of votes. In the run-up, the Guardian travelled more than 850 miles on trains across Germany to hear what its citizens have to say about the state of their nation. Continue reading...

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1 week ago Where fashion brands most want to be: Milan overtakes New York to become home to the world's most expensive shopping street, where customers spend £2,000 per purchase

It's the first time a European street has topped real-estate firm Cushman & Wakefield's annual global ranking of the world's most expensive retail destinations, now in its 34th year.

Economics

1 week ago Why IS Trump putty in Putin's hands? Rumours of Russian kompromat have been dismissed as 'fake news' by US president so what is the real reason he's cosying up to Putin?

In 2013 Miss Universe, American Olivia Culpo , travelled to Moscow to film a music video with a Russian pop star who was the son of a billionaire real estate mogul with ties to President Vladimir Putin.

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