Melanie Ferbreach

Apr 23, 2024 | spectator.co.uk | Melanie Ferbreach

Text size Line Spacing Comments Share Share Melanie Ferbreach Writing a will isn’t easy Linkedin Messenger Email It’s generally considered sensible for adults of sound mind to make a will. Many don’t bother. It’s a nuisance. They’ve scribbled their straightforward wishes in a letter at home. They think they’re too young. They’ve told a confidant their final wishes. Or they believe they have nothing to leave, or make assumptions about who’ll automatically inherit their estate, rendering a will...

Feb 29, 2024 | spectator.co.uk | Melanie Ferbreach

Text size Line Spacing Comments Share Share Melanie Ferbreach How to carry out a citizen’s arrest Linkedin Messenger Email One Monday morning about 30 years ago, I drove to work, parked my car in the village car park, and started hauling my bags of files out of the boot. In my new role with a firm of solicitors, the weekend had been a chance to familiarise myself with my pressing caseload. I initially paid little attention to a small group of people in heated animation nearby as I unloaded...

Dec 4, 2023 | thespectator.com | Gavin Mortimer |Amber Athey |Amy Everett |Melanie Ferbreach

There was more bloodshed in Paris this weekend, this time involving a man who, prosecutors claim, had pledged allegiance to the Islamic State (IS). A German tourist was killed as he strolled close to the Eiffel Tower with his wife during the attack on Saturday evening.

Dec 4, 2023 | thespectator.com | Amber Athey |Amy Everett |Melanie Ferbreach |Politics Vivek

A soon-to-be-public audit of Disney’s special governing district in Florida details the “shocking” ways in which the nearly $200 billion company was effectively governing itself for half a century. Investigators described the Reedy Creek Improvement District as Disney’s “creature” that maximized company profits at the expense of Floridians, according to a copy of the report obtained by The Spectator.

Dec 4, 2023 | thespectator.com | Amy Everett |Melanie Ferbreach |Politics Vivek |Roger Kimball

“Stealth wealth” became A Thing in 2023. TikTok was awash with “get the look!” fashion videos; magazines full of think pieces on crisp white shirts and camel cashmere. The idea is to ooze money — or at least look like you do — in classic, understated cuts and colors. What the Streeps and Paltrows have been doing for decades is now the standard for the aspirational and chronically online. The trend came to mind as I tumbled into Rome’s five-star Anantara Palazzo Naiadi during the Cerberus heatwave.