This was the time when Bishops from around the country had a London town house as a London base, to be near the Royal Court, in which to entertain etc. (for another example, see my post on Winchester Palace). The Bishops of Norwich maintained ownership of the house until Henry VIII gav...
After a rich marriage to Elizabeth Keene, a builder’s daughter of Little Sutton near Chiswick, the couple settled at no. 4 Bow Street, Covent Garden. From there, he was able to observe his ‘pittoresque’ subjects as they passed on their way to London’s busiest fruit and vegetable ...
At night, we would go near the garbage vats, clear a little area and sleep there as no one was likely to come there. Sometimes we would go to the open Ram Leela fields and sleep. Life went on like this for about six months. There was a roadside dhaba I used to go eat. When I...
Wall Street’s Most Powerful Man Bets On Troubled Bank Ken Griffin owns a $238 million apartment at 220 Central Park West, a $120 million London mansion near Buckingham Palace, the most expensive apartment in Chicago history, and several luxurious vacation homes. He has one of the most impres...