Major Gift

A recent (free) Wealth Bulletin newsletter referred to an extract from Felix Dennis’ new book – “88 The Narrow Road: A Brief Guide to the Getting of Money”.

BBC Radio 4 broadcast an item on the Human Library the other day. Apparently, The Human Library is designed to promote dialogue, reduce prejudices and encourage understanding.

The Sunday Telegraph has just reported that Natalie Massenet is soon to receive a windfall of at least £50 million following Richemont’s £350 million takeover of the remaining 70% of Net A-Porter (onl

I see that The Times reports that City buyers are as keen as ever to be “lords of the manor”.

Well, how are we all doing then?

Baily's Hunting Directory www.bailyshuntingdirectory.com/directory is now available online @ £12 a year. I think that it is a bargain, and great for local/regional research on "great 'n' good".

News that Oxford academic Toby Ord has pledged to give away £1 million during his lifetime - and is encouraging others to pledge 10% of their income to charity - made the national media this week. If Ord had been a wealthy donor, it would still have been newsworthy, but the fact that he is a philosophy researcher on an ordinary salary makes the story all the more interesting. Fundraisers will wish that there were many more Toby Ords around. But of course there are….

The 2009 Football Rich List is out now.

Wealth Bulletin (www.wealth-bulletin.com) has just alerted me to an article in the Financial Times (www.ft.com).

I have just had a trial of “Phi”, a new product from Factary (www.factary.com). It is a database of donors and supporters (trustees, patrons, etc) which currently contains over 100,000 records.