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The fortunes of industry and a handful of ultra-rich individuals are woven through the history of the Nahlin, says Guardian columnist Ian Jack
From Edward VIII to James Dyson: the yacht that tells a tale of British wealth Ian Jack © Provided by The Guardian Photograph: Getty Images In the early years of this century, soon after he began moving production of his bagless vacuum cleaner from Wiltshire to south-east Asia, James Dyson bought a superb yacht. The Nahlin is exemplary in the beauty of its lines and instructive in its history, though how much of this history Dyson understands or relishes is hard to know. Despite spending a fortune (at least £25m) on its restoration, Dyson has never talked publicly about hi...
Moored quietly to the Cross Roads buoy the 300ft a superyacht owned by billionaire Sir James Dyson has spent a week in Falmouth sheltering from the strong easterly winds. Amid a war of words echoing around the corridors of power at Westminster over texts exchanged between Prime Minister Boris Johnson and billionaire Sir James, the British-born inventor, industrialist and entrepreneur, superyacht Nahlin and her crew have kept a low profile. The last time the Nahlin came to Falmouth was in 1999 when she arrived “piggy-backed” on the heavy lift vessel Swift. In a straight forward flo-f...
Head to Whipsnade Zoo for the perfect post-lockdown family outing Trisha Harbord 24 Apr 2021, 21:10 IT’S a golden rule that you should never tell young children where you are taking them for a day out until the very last minute. Unfortunately, we forgot. So for two whole days grandkids Albie, four, and two-year-old Mila would break out singing “We’re goin’ to the zoo, zoo, zoo, how about you, you, you?” 8 ZSL Whipsnade Zoo is celebrating its 90th birthday The cheeky monkeys constantly play with a box full of toy animals, from a cheetah to a chimp — so imagine the excitement when t...