Bahrain is short of sand. And the result, says Mark Wallace, is less construction and soaring property prices. Continue reading “An Odd Problem for a Desert Kingdom”
Category: Financial Times weekend section
Land of Our Father
The Holy Land Experience has brought the best bits of the Bible to Disney World. Florida’s theme park pilgrims love it — local Jews aren’t so pleased. Continue reading “Land of Our Father”
Drama Unfolds of a Little Empire
In the centre of Manhattan, Mark Wallace talks to the ruler of a 350-year-old model nation that he calls ‘total theatre’. Continue reading “Drama Unfolds of a Little Empire”
Homeless Tour of the Couches
Mark Wallace describes the joys and miseries of joining the growing number of dispossessed professionals forced to live in friends’ property Continue reading “Homeless Tour of the Couches”
The Rise and Fall of the American Teenager
Financial Times, weekend section, September 4/5, 1999
Continue reading “The Rise and Fall of the American Teenager”
Whipping Up A Storm
Two biographies of the Marquis de Sade aim to set the record straight about the depraved nobleman Continue reading “Whipping Up A Storm”
Characters that pack a punch
Review of Sonny Liston Was a Friend of Mine, by Thom Jones Continue reading “Characters that pack a punch”