32 h. ago When the Going Was Good by Graydon Carter review – juicy stories from the heydey of magazines

From Anna Wintour’s table manners to Oscar party hijinks, the former editor of Vanity Fair tells all There are lines in When the Going Was Good, Graydon Carter’s memoir of his swashbuckling career as an editor during the heyday of magazines, that will make any journalist laugh (bitterly) out loud. “There was a bar at the end of each corridor,” writes Carter of his first job at Time magazine in the mid-1970s, where expense accounts were huge, oversight relaxed and, “I went five years without ever turning on my oven”. At Vanity Fair, where Carter took over the editorship in 1992, “the budget had no ceiling. I could send anybody anywhere for as long as I wanted.” For a commission on the collapse of Lloyd’s of London, one Vanity Fair hack ran up expenses of $180,000 – and the piece didn’t run.These are the details most readers will come for and Carter, who at 75 remains a symbol of magazine glamour and excess – a fact somehow vested in the whimsy and extravagance of his comic-book hair ...

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6 d. ago Lloyd’s of London has been set adrift with a lame duck at the helm

Lloyd’s of London has been set adrift with a lame duck at the helm  The Times

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2 w. ago Lloyd's of London deliver "outstanding" profits of £9.6 billion despite disasters

Lloyd’s made up of an underwriting profit of £5.3 billion and an investment return of £4.9 billion boosted by higher interest rates.

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2 w. ago Protectionism will help push up insurance prices, says Lloyd’s of London chief

Protectionism will help push up insurance prices, says Lloyd’s of London chief  Financial Times

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3 w. ago Rachel Zegler Will Lead Jamie Lloyd's EVITA at the London Palladium

Rachel Zegler Will Lead Jamie Lloyd's EVITA at the London Palladium  BroadwayWorld

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3 w. ago Lloyd's of London expects $2.3 billion in net losses from Los Angeles wildfires

Lloyd's of London expects $2.3 billion in net losses from Los Angeles wildfires  Yahoo Finance

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3 w. ago Lloyd’s of London expects $2.3bn losses from California wildfires

Insurance market says fine art losses were limited because rich residents took such possessions with themLloyd’s of London expects losses of $2.3bn (£1.78bn) from the California wildfires that ravaged Los Angeles this year, but fine art losses were limited because rich residents took their prize possessions with them.The Eaton and Palisades blazes in Los Angeles in early January killed 29 people and were only fully contained after 24 days, having burned more than 14,973 hectares (37,000 acres) and destroyed more than 16,000 buildings. Continue reading...

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