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Rupert Neate

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Rupert Neate is a freelance journalist and the Guardian's former wealth correspondent

June 2026

  • The main entrance to Wimbledon Centre Court

    Two tickets for Wimbledon Centre Court? That’ll be £586,000 please

    A pair of debenture tickets changed hands this week for a sum far beyond the means of ordinary tennis fans
  • Diane Keaton in Summer Camp

    The man who bought Diane Keaton’s nail clippers also owns Whoopi Goldberg’s teapot: ‘It will have her fingerprints on it’

    Exclusive: The recent auction of the star’s belongings included designer outfits and her iconic bowler hats, but a box of assorted pins proved more tempting for one collector
  • USA. Diane Keaton in a scene from  (C)Gravitas Ventures new film: Mack & Rita (2022) . 
Plot:  A 30-year-old writer (Elizabeth Lail) spends a wild weekend in Palm Springs and wakes up to find she has magically transformed into her 70-year-old self (Diane Keaton).
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Plot:  A 30-year-old writer (Elizabeth Lail) spends a wild weekend in Palm Springs and wakes up to find she has magically transformed into her 70-year-old self (Diane Keaton).
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    Diane Keaton’s nail clippers for $960: what’s behind the new boom in celebrity estate auctions?

    With beloved stars’ personal items increasingly up for grabs after they die, a new generation of fans are bidding on everything from bowler hats to dog bowls

October 2025

  • A man in a woolly hat and yellow waterproof dungarees sitting on sacks full of old fishing nets

    Seascape: the state of our oceans
    ‘When I pass piles of fishing nets, I see piles of money’: a one man recycling revolution on the Cornish coast

    Determined to find a solution to the discarded plastic nets, Ian Falconer found a way to convert them into filament for 3D printing, for use in products from motorbikes to sunglasses

August 2024

  • Jervis Bay in Australia.

    First Edition newsletter
    Tuesday briefing: Why the oceans are on the frontline of the climate crisis

    In today’s newsletter: Our Seascapes editor on the dangers our seas and oceans face – and what we can do to help
    Newsletter
  • Copenhagen is incentivising tourists to have a ‘greener mindset’.

    First Edition newsletter
    Tuesday briefing: How Copenhagen is helping tourists go green

    In today’s newsletter: As visitors overwhelm Venice, Barcelona and other famous cities, a model rewarding travellers for being more responsible could inspire other municipalities
    Newsletter
  • Riot police hold back protesters after disorder broke out on July 30, 2024 in Southport, England.

    First Edition newsletter
    Thursday briefing: How extremists ‘hijacked’ a vigil for the Southport victims

    In today’s newsletter: A mob descended on the Merseyside town and clashed with police after three children were killed – here’s what happened
    Newsletter

July 2024

  • Labour party leader Sir Keir Starmer with his wife, Victoria, in Liverpool in 2023.

    First Edition newsletter
    Wednesday briefing: Can Keir Starmer hope to keep his family out of the spotlight?

    Newsletter
  • A far larger group of people are undecided about how to vote compared with people during the 2019 general election

    First Edition newsletter
    Tuesday briefing: How undecided voters could shape the UK general election

    Newsletter

June 2024

  • Pride flags running down Regent Street in central London.

    First Edition newsletter
    Thursday briefing: Pride is nearly over – and so might be the golden age of London’s queer nightlife

    Newsletter
  • Godalming and Ash illustration

    Path to power
    ‘I hope he loses’: Jeremy Hunt facing uphill battle in Godalming as voters long for change

  • Boris Johnson's Brexit battle bus in London

    First Edition newsletter
    Thursday briefing: Why public trust in politicians is at rock bottom – and what we can do about it

    Newsletter
  • Seasonal Weather, Sunshine and Showers, Windsor, Berkshire, UK - 10 Jun 2024<br>Mandatory Credit: Photo by Maureen McLean/REX/Shutterstock (14533207b) It was an evening of sunshine and showers as racegoers enjoying horse racing at the Royal Windsor Racecourse Irish Night Monday Night Racing in Windsor, Berkshire Seasonal Weather, Sunshine and Showers, Windsor, Berkshire, UK - 10 Jun 2024

    First Edition newsletter
    Wednesday briefing: Why the UK is so chilly this June – and why it won’t get much warmer any time soon

    Newsletter
  • First Edition newsletter
    Tuesday briefing: Has Macron set France on course for a far-right government?

    Newsletter
  • First Edition newsletter
    Monday briefing: What to expect from the Labour and Tory manifestos

    Newsletter

May 2024

  • A person stands beneath the neck of a stegosaurus dinosaur fossil.

    ‘Virtually complete’ Stegosaurus fossil to be auctioned at Sotheby’s geek week

    The 11ft and tall and 20ft long fossil, nicknamed Apex, could fetch up to $6m as it’s celebrated as ‘one of the best unearthed’
  • Corporate jet in bright sky

    Billionaire non-dom quit UK on day Hunt scrapped tax breaks, says adviser

    Super-rich have left country to avoid being subjected to UK taxes on overseas income, conference hears
    • £161,000 for 20 days? Nick Candy bemoans One Hyde Park service charge

    • ‘Sorry, no one is in’: few are at home for Margaret Hodge’s ‘kleptocracy walking tour’

    • ‘Everyone wants a plane for summer’: luxury trade fair woos super-rich

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