The Lucky Sperm Club
Arthur Sulzberger, Jr. Publisher – New York Times; President Lucky Sperm Club, NY Chapter Here’s an interesting statistic: In 1870, 80% of the land in England was owned by 7,000 families. The vast majority of it was in the...
Read moreMy Own Gosford Park
The remnants of Empire… Fire Sale! We are looking to buy a country home. Originally, we were looking in the Hamptons, on Long Island, along with everyone else from Manhattan. But of late we have started looking in the...
Read moreRule Britannia
OK, now everyone… I am in England this week, and yesterday we had lunch with my in-laws at The ‘Club’. The Club used to demand that all men wear jackets and ties, and while that rule apparently has been...
Read moreThis England
Think Yiddish…. Act British…….Dress Italian. In the past few months we have become regular commuters between New York and England. Once for a business meeting, once to give a speech, once to do a ‘house-exchange’ in the Cotwsolds, and...
Read moreNewspapers….and Coal
Can’t see the forest….. In 1450, Europe suffered its first major energy crisis. It ran out of wood. For more than 2,000 years Europeans had depended upon the seemingly endless forests of Europe to provide them with all they...
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