I went to Barcelona for a few days early in the new year. It was nice – chilly, but with a suggestion of warmth in the sun. And there were colours to be seen that weren’t any shade of grey. I felt blessed, but a little guilty not to be back in the monochrome winter of my northern European homeland, sloping miserably back to work like everyone else. My privilege was weighing heavy. But then I saw the superyachts.
The first one I noticed was the 105-metre Lady Moura, which, according to its Wikipedia page, was the ninth-largest private yacht in the world when it was launched in 1990. A Saudi billionaire, Nasser al-Rashid, apparently paid $200m for it.
