A fortune of £60m would have granted entry to the top 100 of the Sunday Times Rich List in 1989. Now it takes £605m.

Today's Independent looks at the mass affluent, the wealthy, high net worth individuals, ultra-high net worth individuals, and, at the very top, property bloggers, and asks, Where are they all coming from and what are they doing to UK society?.. before leaping head first into a journalistic fantasy orgy of Bentleys, Went & Kidd diamonds and houses in Belgravia. Read it - if you like - here.