Workplace romances aren’t always about power imbalances and exploitation

Gary Stevenson has earned the moniker The People’s Economist thanks to his no-bullshit approach to finance but, as he explains, there’s so much more to him than the ‘tax the super rich’ campaign for which he’s become famous

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Helen Harris always enjoyed her afternoon tea with Martha Evert, and as she knocked on the door carrying a treat of two chocolate muffins, she looked forward to an hour or two of catching up with her

“History is just one f**king thing after another,” declares a vulgar schoolboy in Alan Bennett’s play The History Boys. Surveying the past 25 years can feel the same way. From Iraq to the euro crisis

Sherman McCoy, the lead character in the 1987 book The Bonfire of the Vanities by Tom Wolfe, was described as a “master of the universe” due to his role as the highest-earning bond trader at his broke