IT'S ONLY MONEY

'Money is better than poverty, if only for financial reasons.' Woody AllenPresumably a sentiment shared by billionaire Eli Broad, who used hisAmerican Express card to buy Lichtenstein's painting ‘I ... I'mSorry' for $2.5 million, earning him enough air miles to take him andeight friends to the moon and back. ‘Part of the $10 million I spenton gambling, part on booze and part on women. The rest I spent foolishly',Hollywood star George Raft told his bank manager. What do you supposeJimmy Cauty and Bill Drummond told theirs when they burnt a million quidin the name of art? Peter Pugh's deft combination of money, history andincredible money facts reveals that it's really not something to worryabout - its value will soon change. From the very serious to the utterlyridiculous, It's Only Money tells you how to buy yourself an Ł8,000 lunch,why children are a bad investment, and how the Queen has somehow spent Ł5billion in fifteen years.