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Bad Banks
Eight years after the credit crunch irst struck, it seems there isn’t a day that goes by
without one banking crisis or another hitting the headlines across the globe.
Bad Banks is a gripping account of the problems and scandals that are still rife and
follows the fortunes and misfortunes of individual banks, from RBS to Lloyds.
It exposes instances of mis-selling, money laundering, interest rate ixing and
incompetence and examines how the failings of the world’s banking system are
threatening to undermine our future economic security.
Author Alex Brummer, City Editor of the UK’s Daily Mail, has had access to all
the major players, from HBOS’s Andy Hornby to former Governor of the Bank of
England, Sir Mervyn King.
Bad Banks: Greed, Incompetence and the Next Global Crisis
By Alex Brummer
£14.99
Random House Business Books
Wellington on display
The National Portrait Gallery in London is marking the 200th anniversary of the
Battle of Waterloo with the irst exhibition on the Duke of Wellington.
Wellington: Triumphs, Politics and Passions will explore not only the political and
military career of the victor of the great battle, but also his personal life through
portraits of his family and friends.
Highlights include Goya’s portrait of Wellington started in 1812 after his entry into
Madrid and, from Wellington’s London home, Apsley House, Thomas Lawrence’s
famous 1815 portrait painted in the same year as the Battle of Waterloo.
Wellington: Triumphs, Politics and Passions
Showing 12th March to 7th June 2015, www.npg.org.uk
Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of
Wellington, by Sir Thomas Lawrence,
1815-16
White Rabbit
Modern takes on well-known Russian dishes can be found alongside French
classics on the menu of this restaurant which offers a panoramic view of Moscow.
To start with there is a vast array of seafood fresh from its own aquarium including
red king crab and sea urchin from the Barents Sea while appetisers include French
onion soup and Russian pies.
For main courses there are pastas and risottos, steaks from the grill and more
local dishes including kursk pig and young boar cutlets while delights of the
dessert menu include honey pie with mandarin and sour cream ice-cream and
hot French apple cake.
A tasting menu is also available offering seasonal products of Crimea and
Southern Russia including caviar, mussels and beef stroganoff.
www.whiterabbitmoscow.com
80The SHIP Supplier 60th Anniversary Edition 1955-2015Smolensk Square, D.3, 16th Floor, Moscow
