Freelance news and features journalist. Previously: the Guardian's Wealth Correspondent, and US Business Correspondent. [email protected]
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"The voices that matter" Why big companies like Unilever are recruiting armies of influencers to promote their brands as "messages from brands coming from corporations are suspicious”.
By me in @thetimes today thetimes.com/business-money/…
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"The rich have definitely been getting a lot, lot richer."
Journalist @RupertNeate discusses the growing disparity between the 'wealthiest 1%' and the rest of society - and reveals how the super-rich celebrate Christmas.
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Sir Chris Hohn, the billionaire hedge fund manager, takes a 84% pay cut to *just* £42 as his TCI hedge fund donates £340m to charity. Exclusive by me in @TimesBusiness thetimes.com/business-money/…
Cashmere baubles for £1,080, Harrods crackers (£700), Christmas Eve night at the Ritz (£5,994), and a personalised at-home Santa's Grotto (c£10,000) - Find out how the super-rich do Christmas thetimes.com/article/3f404a8… By me in the @thetimes, thanks to @joshglancy @emilykentsmith
News: After 13 years, and some really wonderful experiences I am leaving the Guardian.
I’m going freelance, I'm available for commissions, shifts, jobs and anything else that will pay the bills. If you hear of anything, please let me know!
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Then @KathViner had the great idea of having a Wealth Correspondent keep taps on the impact of the super-rich on all of us, and I did stories like this theguardian.com/lifeandstyle… for @ruthlewy @melissadenes and @GdnSaturday
And this amp.theguardian.com/sport/20…, and this for @EvaWiseman and @ObsMagazine amp.theguardian.com/us-news/…
And then thanks to @KathViner for promoting me to US Business Correspondent in New York. Where I had The Best time doing stories like this, and it was a fcking dream working with @dominicru everyday x
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Update: Guardian wealth correspondent @RupertNeate has also accepted voluntary redundancy as the news title targets cost savings, joining a list that includes media editor Jim Waterson and special projects editor Jonathan Shainin pressgazette.co.uk/news/the-…
The super-rich are paying $500,000 to meet athletes at the Olympics theguardian.com/sport/articl…
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Christopher Beaumont, 23rd @SeigneurOfSark, takes on the Barclay dynasty. Beaumont is attempting to snap up abandoned hotels and other buildings belonging to the Torygraph billionaires. via @RupertNeate theguardian.com/uk-news/2023…
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Latest episode in the Cost of the crown podcast series, featuring @MaeveMCC and @RupertNeate’s run in with the law for visiting a public churchyard near the King’s private estate in Norfolk.
Cost of the crown part 4: calculating the king’s wealth – podcast theguardian.com/news/audio/2…
Wanted: an animal-loving billionaire who might consider buying 1,993 threatened white rhinos instead of a new superyacht or a Picasso, or a Picasso onboard a superyacht.
Quite liked that intro
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REVEALED: Direct ancestors of King Charles and the British royal family owned slave plantations in Virginia, documents show. theguardian.com/uk-news/2023…
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Why doesn't #Guardian rename its Wealth Correspondent the Jealous or Green Eyed correspondent?
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The king argues his personal fortune is a "private" matter. With the help of 12 experts, our investigation team traced and valued assets worth an estimated £1.8bn. And we discovered quite how much of his "private" wealth derives from his public role. theguardian.com/uk-news/ng-i…
King Charles III personally owns 321 private houses and cottages near his Sandringham palace - and half of a load of other people’s gardens. @MaeveMCC and I went to meet some of his tenants theguardian.com/uk-news/2023…
