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A 'very rich Italian' man has been left outraged after he was reportedly chased down and reprimanded by an angry waiter in Saint-Tropez for only leaving a 500 euro (£429) tip.The diner, who has not yet been identified, was pursued by the…

The snow no longer felt cold. In fact, it felt warm and fluffy. I closed my eyes – and began to drift off.I was utterly exhausted. Frozen numb and low on oxygen at around 22,600ft up Everest’s Tibetan ascent.Surrounded by crevasses and…

Book of the weekHighly Desirable: Tales of London’s super-prime property from The Secret AgentBy Anonymous (Headline £22, 374pp)We hate estate agents — the easy money they make as prices escalate and commissions expand ('the figures that…

The rich will keep getting richer: 300 wealthiest people in the world are more than $500 billion better off than this time last year, and Bill Gates is back on top Top 300 billionaires add $524 billion to their net worth in 2013  Total…

Oceangate CEO Stockton Rush was on a 'predatory' mission to find wealthy clients to endorse his submersible's deep sea trips to the Titanic, industry leaders claimed last night.Mr Rush perished on board the Titan last Sunday along with…

Kylie Jenner is slammed for showing off her massive wealth in photos from her $72 million private jet and in Paris with mom Kris: 'Look how rich you are. Thanks for reminding us'Kylie Jenner is being slammed for 'flaunting'…

CULTURETHE INVENTION OF ESSEX: THE MAKING OF AN ENGLISH COUNTY by Tim Burrows (Profile £16.99, 336pp) What's the difference between an Essex girl and a supermarket trolley? Answer: the trolley has a mind of its own.As Essex girl jokes…

SOCIAL HISTORYONCE UPON A TIME WORLD by Jonathan Miles (Atlantic £22, 456pp)What Matisse described as 'the luminosity of the Cote d'Azur' always attracted 'foreigners with spending power'.Queen Victoria, for example, stayed at Menton,…