Offended American Donor to Leave Britain

American philanthropist Carol Hogel, who has given more than $40-million to the arts in Britain, said she was returning to the United States due to a government tax on foreign citizens and the “hostility” she has encountered as a foreign donor, reports The London Times.

In a letter to Robert McNeil, a humor columnist for the newspaper The Scotsman who made fun of rich foreign residents, Ms. Hogel wrote: “After 24 years of working and paying taxes in the U.K., I am heading back to North America, where an individual with involvement in, and charitable contributions to, visual arts and classical music is valued, not punished.”

Through the Dunard Fund, financed by her family’s business, Ms. Hogel has supported the Edinburgh International Festival, the Scottish Opera, the London Philharmonic, the Scottish Chamber Orchestra, the Royal Scottish National Orchestra, and the National Galleries of Scotland.