How to Spend It

[Andrzej]

Just wondering which members read this carefully (sadly,I am not one of them).

https://www.theguardian.com/news/201...-the-1-percent

[davide]

Just wondering which members read this carefully (sadly,I am not one of them).

https://www.theguardian.com/news/201...-the-1-percent

A nice gently socialist article as you'd expect from The Guardian.

I occasionally browse How to Send It (and have featured in it in my blogging role) and agree that it has to be taken with a slight pinch of salt. A similar print mag - The Rake - is also one to not take too seriously but is an entertaining read.

While both HTSI and The Rake focus on real quality the overwhelming impression I get is that the higher the income the lower the standards of taste. Being super-rich offers opportunities to patronise real artists and crafts people, but most buy horrid overpriced junk instead [rant over].

[woodacre1983]

Sadly I am far from the 1% but I would probably enjoy a good read of this just for the dreams!


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[relaxer7]

Judging by some of the watches I've seen round here somebody must be close to that 1% club!

[dougair]

A nice gently socialist article as you'd expect from The Guardian.

I occasionally browse How to Send It (and have featured in it in my blogging role) and agree that it has to be taken with a slight pinch of salt. A similar print mag - The Rake - is also one to not take too seriously but is an entertaining read.

While both HTSI and The Rake focus on real quality the overwhelming impression I get is that the higher the income the lower the standards of taste. Being super-rich offers opportunities to patronise real artists and crafts people, but most buy horrid overpriced junk instead [rant over].

Love your blog David, and your insta feed is great!

[davide]

Love your blog David, and your insta feed is great!

That's kind thanks - it's be too easy to take life too seriously which is why I think there's a place for HTSI etc if they're taken with a pinch of salt! I suspect most of the readership can only dream but it's quite possible to find a genuine style without paying over the odds.

[mindforge]

I often wonder if How to Spend It is satire. Some of it is absolutely hilarious or obscene. It's sent up nicely by the Wry Society column in the supplement itself.

[Brian]

Methinks the 1% is a bit off the mark more like the 0.1%

There aren't that many Sunseeker owners around IIRC

[VDG]

Unfortunately, I know how to spend it, is there a mag how to earn it?

[ralphy]

There aren't that many Sunseeker owners around IIRC

I'm an ex-owner (Rapallo 36), does that count?

R

[alfat33]

Apparently earning more than $34,000 a year puts you in the 1% globally. I think it is more like £150k in the UK, and that doesn’t account for people who are wealthy but not working.

I like magazines like this, reading them is escapism. It’s as much fun being horrified by the price of a bad taste item as it is musing on whether you would prioritise range or comfort in your choice of private jet.

[Brian]

I'm an ex-owner (Rapallo 36), does that count?

R

Someone once said to me "the only really happy boat owner is the man who has just sold it "


I once put the annual costs into a spreadsheet for mine - that was a shock !!!


B

[snowman]

Someone once said to me "the only really happy boat owner is the man who has just sold it "


I once put the annual costs into a spreadsheet for mine - that was a shock !!!


B

Seems reasonable - My dive club owns a RHIB, we spend a fortune and untold hours on it and it hardly ever goes in the water!

M

[WhopperSenior]

I was always told if it floats, flies or fornicates, rent it. It's cheaper.