Fine time for fine wine

The City of London was awash with even more gossip than usual at the beginning of July. Six investment bankers had the audacity to run up a bill of £44,007 at one of London's poshest restaurants at a time when most other belts were being tightened across the Square Mile. Even considering London's rapidly rising restaurant prices such a meal ticket is quite an achievement. It is even more impressive when you discover that the chortling chappies weren't even charged for the food - their