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The Shock of the Old and New David Walsh, founder of MONA, has put the art into Hobart with a…
ByMonth: February 2012
Funday Times
Anyone lending money to Greece must know by now that they might as well set a match to the cheque,…
BySelling Royal Memorabilia: From the Queen’s Letters to Tsar Nicholas II’s Doodles
God, Sell the Queen Nostalgia isn’t what it used to be — it’s more expensive, for one thing, especially if…
ByLeader: Launching the 1 Per Cent Campaign
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Credit Suisse and UBS, which have both had issues in recent months with national regulators, have been ranked first and…
ByBook Extract: The Hellhound of Wall Street
Backs to the Wall Think today’s bankers have image problems? Back in 1933, Ferdinand Pecora made sure they had plenty…
ByECO at Cadogan Hall
Martin Panteleev possesses the necessary glamour of a visiting European conductor, for conductors of flair must have lots of hair,…
ByMusic Patronage and Private Salons
Are You Being Patronising? Melinda Hughes on why brilliant but broke young musicians need all the help they can get,…
ByNew Zealand Super-Lodges
Outer Site! Utterly remote, frighteningly isolated, as outrageously beautiful as they are expensive — the best of the new antipodean…
ByGiver and the Gift: John Timpson and After Adoption
Please See Attached Shoe-repair tycoon John Timpson and After Adoption’s Lynn Charlton tell Sophie McBain about the shared values that…
ByDamien Hirst on Spot Paintings and Not Painting His Own Work
Spot On Anthony Haden-Guest talks to that dotty master, Damien Hirst Just about anybody with an active interest in Contemporary…
ByPhilanthropy 50 and Lifetime Legacies
Consider what good these billions could have done during the lifetimes of their creators. Good news comes from America: the…
ByMuseum of the Year longlist announced
The tenth year of the UK’s ‘museum of the year’ award was kick-started today with the announcement of the ten…
ByBook Extract: English Country House Interiors
Him Indoors Jeremy Musson goes round the houses to explain why, when it comes to stately piles, it’s not just…
ByFinding ‘Inevitable Growth’ In Stagnant Europe
Would you Mind Holding? While Europe’s leaders procrastinate, the markets stagnate and investment options complicate, says Guy Monson THREE YEARS…
ByHilary Weston and Iwona Blazwick of the Whitechapel Gallery on philanthropy
THE GIVER AND THE GIFT: For the Gator Good Philanthropist Hilary Weston and gallery director Iwona Blazwick tell Sophie McBain…
ByUK signs double taxation agreement with Liechtenstein, extends Liechtenstein Disclosure Facility
The UK Government’s groundbreaking tax agreement with Liechtenstein – the Liechtenstein Disclosure Facility (LDF) – which has ensured the UK…
BySpear's Letters, Issue 24
Spear’s readers write in support of our Save Our Historic Landscape campaign and explain why it makes sense to employ…
ByFrom William Cash: Save Britain’s Historic Landscape
As part of Spear’s campaign to Save Britain’s Historic Landscape and protect heritage tourism in the UK a critically important…
ByEditor's Letter Issue 24
Families come in every configuration you can envisage: from aristocratic clans stretching back centuries, entwined in each other’s lineages, to…
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