Fairs, Please
The Connaught was not at its best. When gallerist Richard Nagy, sitting in the Coburg Bar, asked for a pastry…
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Hedgehog Issue 17
Board games and stiff drinks. Hedgehog enjoys his evenings… BEG, BORROW AND DEAL Normally, if someone offered to sell me…
ByAt the Sharp End: Robert Gaines-Cooper
Entrepreneur and scourge of HMRC Robert Gaines-Cooper faces the Spear’s questionnaire Entrepreneur and scourge of HMRC Robert Gaines-Cooper faces the…
ByHarry Mount
Early this week, Andrew Neil came round to my north London flat to interview me EARLY THIS WEEK, Andrew Neil…
ByLuxe Redux
Diffusion lines, online offerings, fresh creative talent, even good old-fashioned value for money luxury brands will give anything a go…
ByJewellers oppose new gold mine
LONDON, 2 November — Fifty jewellers, with more than £3.5 billion ($5.75 billion) in sales, say they won’t use gold…
ByElton John Winter Ball
To the building site of the new American Embassy – near Battersea Power Station – for the Elton John Aids…
ByThe Crisis in the Family Office: Key Quotes
Here are some key quotes from the second Spear’s/Speechly Bircham seminar, ‘The crisis in the family office’, held on 20…
ByA Spring in his Step
Diaghilev was no simple showman: working with the best composers and visual artists of his day, he took dance into…
ByGuardian: US to renew QE with $1tn
US central bank boss Ben Bernanke is expected push ahead this week with up to $1tn of quantitative easing to…
ByFT: In and Out Club on sale (again)
The former home of the “In and Out Club” at 100 Piccadilly is set to go back on sale after…
ByCash in the Attic
Owners of our great houses will not speak out, because at a time of austerity it would seem almost gloating…
ByQE or not QE?
This points the way to the Fed’s announcement on its next dose of QE: they don’t know how much, but…
ByMaking Up For It
Elton’s Winter Ball was the first party I have ever been to in which as I waited to go to…
ByAdam Dant
60 East 66th St., New York 28 October-27 November Website Adam Baumgold Gallery presents an exhibition of drawings by Adam…
ByWhen the Going Gets Toff
Ivan Lindsay on the current crop of aristocrats who are having to sell the family treasures in order to hang…
ByLord Browne to chair Stanhope
We are pleased to announce that Lord Browne has been appointed Chairman of Stanhope Capital’s Advisory Board. Formerly Group Chief…
ByThe Crisis in the Family Office
Speechly Bircham 6 New Street Square 20 October For their second annual seminar, Spear’s and Speechly Bircham will be holding…
ByRadmacher: Pre-Nups Upheld
The Supreme Court has held that Katrin Radmacher’s pre-nup should carry “decisive weight”, setting a precedent for the UK The…
ByWBrief: Citi PB revenues slightly down
Citi Private Bank’s revenues in the third quarter were $497 million, down $15 million, or 3 per cent, from the…
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