1. It is not uncommon for some of the most expensive properties in London to have "mostly absentee owners, hiding behind offshore corporations based in tax havens". [0]
2. Highgate does have associations with wealthy Russians, perhaps due to the presence of the Russian Trade Delegation building, and that has sometimes led to friction with locals. See also Terry Jones's "Trouble on the Heath". [1]
3. The pub associated with Dick Turpin is the Spaniards Inn [2] (The Flask is on the other side of the Heath).
1. It is not uncommon for some of the most expensive properties in London to have "mostly absentee owners, hiding behind offshore corporations based in tax havens". [0]
2. Highgate does have associations with wealthy Russians, perhaps due to the presence of the Russian Trade Delegation building, and that has sometimes led to friction with locals. See also Terry Jones's "Trouble on the Heath". [1]
3. The pub associated with Dick Turpin is the Spaniards Inn [2] (The Flask is on the other side of the Heath).
[0] http://www.vanityfair.com/style/society/2013/04/mysterious-r...
[1] https://books.google.co.uk/books/about/Trouble_on_the_Heath....
[2] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spaniards_Inn