News about Thomas Carlyle

If you want your last meal of 2023 to be remembered, one of these high-end restaurants will leave a lasting impression... not just your mind but also your bank balance. DailyMail.com has decided to round up the most expensive New Year's Eve feasts in the United States, with the prices starting from $598 and rising to $1,500 per person (before tax and service were included). The menus ranged from a caviar-themed menu at a swanky restaurant in New York to a French-inspired dinner at one of the world's most revered restaurants in California.

Here's a sample that we can all identify with. Economics was dubbed the 'dismal science' by scholar Thomas Carlyle a long time ago in the nineteenth century. Nothing seems to have changed. Both the company's forecasting experience and its doom-laden estimates are dismally off target.

MAIL COMMENT: Something rather like anarchy is emerging in one of our country's most vital areas - the big supermarket stores, where millions of us go every few days and where hundreds of thousands of people work long hours. For several, such places have replaced the high streets where we used to mingle. They are, therefore, a reliable barometer of the country's situation. Customers' instances of violence (if they merit the call) have grown so bad that Tesco and other supermarket stores are now selling some of their employees' body-worn cameras.

AN WILSON: We are not meant to believe in The Great Man Theory of history any more - the faraway sage Thomas Carlyle's assertion that kings are born, not made. However, a dispassionate reading of events gives you pause in deciding about 1940's summer in the run-up to that snapshot of St Paul's. Neville Chamberlain, the Prime Minister, was dying. Lord Halifax, his likely successor, made no secret of his belief that the game was up, and that Britain should make peace with the Nazis and bring the war to an end. One man had the confidence and pig-headedness to know that this was going to be a global disaster for the world. Winston Churchill was the man.

Fancy feeling like a President for a day and a night? Well, then you might like to check into one of these luxurious hotel rooms. DailyMail.com has contacted hotels around the country to find the country's most jaw-dropping presidential suites. Several of these sprawling apartment-style rooms have welcomed world leaders and A-listers alike with perks ranging from multiple chandeliers and private cinema rooms to private elevators and helicopters. Here's a look at how the other half of the hotel break lives.

After parting with a five-figure sum to stay in one of these luxury hotel suites for the night, one would hope you had'suite dreams.' DailyMail.com consulted with hotels around the country to get the most recent rates for some of the country's most in-demand residences. The Mark Penthouse in New York and the Empathy Suite in Las Vegas are the most expensive suites in America, with starting rates of $75,000-a-night.