While it was easier to find value in '04 Bordeaux than in '04 Napa, this was partly because the public and wine writers have been so much more interested in the surrounding, more expensive vintages of 2003 and 2005.
CEO of NotGoingToUni, Sharon Walpole, said the results were "interesting" and added: "It is particularly noteworthy that less than a quarter of the 80,000 youngsters polled currently feel as though university is a viable option for them – something which is most likely due to the media attention surrounding the expensive nature of studying for a degree".
Del McCoury's bluegrass group and the Preservation Hall Jazz Band did the proper adult thing on Wednesday night: they resolved their differences, surrounded by expensive claret.
Sitting surrounded by expensive cabinets, chairs and tables, the owner, Gloria Mugarra, acknowledged that two more weeks could severely affect her business.
It's in an unassuming little spot on Maiden Lane, surrounded by expensive boutiques like Chanel and Diptyque, and Frank Lloyd Wright's original model of the Guggenheim in NYC.
If you want a more bogus artistic experience than this, I suggest you visit, as I did once again, the naffest spot in Paris, which is also picturesque, overrun with tourists and surrounded by expensive restaurants.
Somewhere, in an Italian villa surrounded by expensive furs and beautiful women, Giorgio Moroder has a twinkle in his eye.
Collecting a wage while surrounded by expensive appointments beats being unproductive and unpaid in an office where the carpet is worn and the paint has faded from a confident aqua to a wishy-washy celery.
By the time the Olympic flame reaches Sochi on 7 February next year for the opening day of the Games, along with 5,500 athletes from 80 countries, the total cost is likely to have spiralled further and the questions surrounding the most expensive and extravagant Olympics in history multiplied.
