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Richard Sharp speaks out after resignation: BBC chair is a ‘target’

BBC CONTROVERSY

Former chair Richard Sharp has said that the BBC chairman position is a “target” and whoever holds it is “vulnerable.”
Siemens Energy deepens in-house probe into turbine problems

ENERGY CRISIS

Explainer: Rishi Sunak vs the climate lobby

Explainer

Rishi Sunak has a thorn in his side that won’t go away, unfortunately for all of us: the climate crisis. This week, his government faced legal action over its revised climate strategy from campaign groups including Friends of the Earth and Good Law Project. The campaign groups went to the High Court challenging the climate […]

Opinion

My not-so-learned friends: an epidemic of puffed-up Twitter famous barristers

Eliot wilson

Legal qualifications are nothing to be sniffed at, but they don’t give barristers expertise on all fields, writes Eliot Wilson
A liberalised Indian market would be a boon for London’s financial services

Chris Hayward

Lifestyle

Exclusive: City of London Corporation will ‘explain and retain’ two slave owner statues with plaques

Dark History

Links to slavery in the Square Mile will be tackled plaques on two statues of controversial historic figures, following a planning application lodged this week. City A.M. can exclusively reveal the City of London Corporation is looking to affix explainers on statues for two-time Lord Mayor William Beckford and former MP and philanthropist Sir John […]
A Strange Loop writer Michael R. Jackson on creating the buzziest musical since Hamilton

Sport

Boulter carries British hopes at Wimbledon after Norrie, Murray and Broady lose

WIMBLEDON

Britain’s hopes at Wimbledon rest with Katie Boulter after a trio of British men’s players crashed out within around 90 minutes on day five.
P1 with Matt & Tommy podcast: Taking the jump and ‘dull’ F1 dominance

IN THE KNOW

CFA Institute Talk

Demand destruction? Two reasons to be sceptical

Global central banks have made an ‘all-in’ effort to front-load monetary policy tightening to dampen demand. But softer economic data in the eurozone and United States have exacerbated recession fears. As the growth outlook dims, many anticipate demand destruction to lead to lower inflation. That is, tighter monetary policy and the associated higher funding costs […]
New breed of private capital firms will face performance headwinds
The Inflation Game: War, Peace and the Perils of Central Banking

City Talk

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