He helped oversee completion of the Barbican arts centre, relocation of Spitalfields market and funding of Chichester Festival Theatre
He helped oversee completion of the Barbican arts centre, relocation of Spitalfields market and funding of Chichester Festival Theatre
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He resigned from Labour during the antisemitism row but after Sir Keir Starmer succeeded Jeremy Corbyn, contacts were…
A member of the Labour Friends of Israel, Desai in 2020 resigned from the party after 49 years when Jeremy Corbyn was briefly…
Bank of London grappled with mounting losses under Anthony Watson’s leadership
Starting in the late 1980s he was one of the largest personal donors over the long campaign to extract the UK from the clutches…
Fund manager’s decision ends two-centuries-long association with the Square Mile
Revered at Private Eye for his mastery of the legal device known as the ‘F Off letter’, he was also a much-loved figure at the…
