Chris Carter
Chris Carter spent three glorious years reading English literature on the beautiful Welsh coast at Aberystwyth University. Graduating in 2005, he left for the University of York to specialise in Renaissance literature for his MA, before returning to his native Twickenham, in southwest London. He joined a Richmond-based recruitment company, where he worked with several clients, including the Queen’s bank, Coutts, as well as the super luxury, Dorchester-owned Coworth Park country house hotel, near Ascot in Berkshire.
Then, in 2011, Chris joined MoneyWeek. Initially working as part of the website production team, Chris soon rose to the lofty heights of wealth editor, overseeing MoneyWeek’s Spending It lifestyle section. Chris travels the globe in pursuit of his work, soaking up the local culture and sampling the very finest in cuisine, hotels and resorts for the magazine’s discerning readership. He also enjoys writing his fortnightly page on collectables, delving into the fascinating world of auctions and art, classic cars, coins, watches, wine and whisky investing.
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Latest articles by Chris Carter
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17 December 1900: The Guzman Prize is announced
Features On this day in 1900, Clara Guzman stumped up 100,000 francs prize money for the first person to communicate with and receive a response from another planet.
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17 December 2003: the first powered flight of SpaceShipOne
Features The privately funded and built space plane, SpaceShipOne, witnessed its first powered flight on this day in 2003 – a crucial step towards winning the $10m Ansari XPrize.
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Rare Botticelli auction excites the art market
News A rare portrait by Botticelli is to be put up for auction in New York. And the price could shatter the Old Master's previous record, says Chris Carter
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Five magical English Christmas getaways
Reviews Big gatherings are out this Christmas, so why not tuck in at one of these festive retreats?
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10 December 1868: world's first traffic lights installed in Britain
Features On this day in 1868, the world's first traffic lights – the Westminster Street Semaphore Signals – came to Britain. The experiment would end in tragedy.
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9 December 1960: Coronation Street is first broadcast
Features The first episode of Coronation Street, the world's longest-running soap opera, was broadcast live on this day in 1960. But its was far from assured.
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Head for Hampton Court’s ice rink this Christmas
Reviews Combine a pirouette in skates with a long winter walk, says Chris Carter.
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3 December 1984: BT is sold off in a gamble over privatisation
Features In a landmark test of privatisation, the government sold off over half its stake in British Telecom, on this day in 1984.
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2 December 2001: Enron files for bankruptcy
Features US energy giant Enron became that country’s biggest corporate bankruptcy on this day in 2001, after America’s financial watchdog had uncovered huge fraud.
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Rare book collecting booms in lockdown
Reviews The trade in rare books has taken off during the pandemic, says Chris Carter.
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Coastal walks to invigorate and inspire
Reviews A walk by the sea hasn’t been banned yet, so take advantage while you can. Chris Carter reports.
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27 November 1924: Macy’s first Thanksgiving Day parade
Features On this day in 1924, New York department store Macy's held its first Thanksgiving Day parade. It would soon become a city institution, kicking off the run-up to Christmas.
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26 November 1992: The Queen volunteers to pay income tax
Features With Britain in recession and Windsor Castle having recently caught fire, the Queen's request to pay income tax was accepted by Parliament, on this day in 1992.
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25 November 1947: The “Hollywood Ten” are blacklisted
Features Today in 1947 ten Hollywood luminaries were blacklisted and their careers ruined after refusing to answer the questions of the House Un-American Activities Committee.
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Travel and the art of doing nothing
Reviews Lockdown has made space in all our diaries for some daydreaming. Embrace it, says Chris Carter
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20 November 1980: The Lake Peigneur disaster
Features On this day 34 years ago, blundering oilmen turned a ten-foot deep freshwater lake in Louisiana into a saltwater lake over a thousand feet deep.
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19 November 1967: Harold Wilson’s ‘pound in your pocket’ little white lie
Features On this day in 1967, Harold Wilson went on television to reassure viewers that the “pound in the pocket” would be unaffected by the devaluation of sterling.
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18 November 1963: The Dartford Tunnel opens
Features On this day in 1963, the long-awaited Dartford Tunnel under the Thames opened. It cost £13m and was nearly a mile long.
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17 November 1989: The Velvet Revolution begins in Czechoslovakia
Features On this day in 1989, the Velvet Revolution got underway in Czechoslovakia when a peaceful student demonstration demanding reform turned violent.
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Collectables: the Pokémon craze lives on
Reviews The generation that got hooked on Pokémon are now collecting. Chris Carter reports.
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13 November 1865: US issues its first gold certificates
Features The effects of loose money-printing and counterfeit notes led the US to issue its first ‘gold certificates’ – a form of paper currency backed by gold – on this day in 1865.
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Travel: stay home and think of Japan
Reviews A Japanese outlook on life will help see us through the lockdown, says Chris Carter.
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12 November 1990: Tim Berners-Lee sets out to build the World Wide Web
Features On this day in 1990, Sir Tim Berners-Lee set out his proposals for creating the World Wide Web.
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10 November 1980: Michael Foot elected Labour leader
Features On this day in 1980, Michael Foot won the Labour party leadership election, steering the party into its worst-ever general election defeat.
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