Evil Diaries

We reach the Pay Offs

A few weeks ago I was contacted by a reader who asked why I was so confident that Clear Leisure…

A memorable afternoon

Friday afternoon was cold and damp and we had to walk from a parking point in the Hurlingham to All…

Press on regardless

Johnston Press (JPR) used to have a big private investor following. Nowadays, at 9.5p, it is capitalised at a trivial £10…

Sir Martin’s departure is a disaster for WPP

The sensible way to effect CEO change at WPP (LON:WPP)is for the new man to work alongside Sir Martin Sorrell…

Good luck – you’ll need it

Readers who are patient and at a loose end are steered in the direction of Anibale Fly at 11/1 to…

Par for the course

I had always thought that Sarah Montague was a sensible good-humoured woman. But yesterday's Sunday Times included a 2,000-word rant…

No end of a lesson

Capita (LON:CPI) keeps dying. The rights issue terms have yet to be announced. This does not feel right. ***** Where…

The greatest short ever

I had never been to one of The Spectator's public debate/discussion events until yesterday evening when I was a guest…

I wish it was always this easy

Master Investor's annual exhibition at Islington was a huge success. I was billed under the title Panama Papers since -…

This is money

As it happens I have decided to ease back on MPAC (LON:MPAC) since Family Cawkwell has got quite enough -…