Luxury Travel in Changing Cuba
Viva la Revolucion Bad hotels, lousy food, clueless service and hassle all the way — Cuba used to be a…
ByViva la Revolucion Bad hotels, lousy food, clueless service and hassle all the way — Cuba used to be a…
ByBirthday Bubbles In 2012 Laurent-Perrier, official partner of the Spear’s Book Awards, celebrates 200 years of putting sparkle into our…
ByOxford University has received the largest ever-philanthropic gift for undergraduate study in European history Oxford University has received the largest…
ByOxford University has received the largest ever-philanthropic gift for undergraduate study in European history Oxford University has received the largest…
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ByHans Kristian Rausing, one of the heirs to to the multibillion pound Tetra Pak packaging dynasty, has been arrested in…
ByA wealthy couple locked in a bitter legal row over the wife’s £26million divorce settlement are no better than spoilt,…
ByWhat did panellists including Philip Mould and Tim Jeffries have to say at the Spear’s Masterpiece Breakfast, where we debated…
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ByIt’s often said that successful private bankers need white hair. Only then, the argument runs, can they meet HNWs as…
ByNow in its 18th consecutive year at the Goodwood Festival of Speed (28 June–01 July), the annual Cartier ‘Style et…
ByAnother good example of an artistic movement rejecting most of the avant-garde of their era is the French Naturalists Art…
ByPaul Panayi wonders why anyone would sign up to a tax avoidance scheme after a cold call — just because…
ByDiamond Geezer Cleopatra, Catherine the Great, Elizabeth Taylor their love of bling has nothing on Nick Foulkes’. It’s all the…
ByI’m usually pretty desensitised to news stories, especially when listening to the Today Programme on a morning when I can’t…
ByThe chairman of the UK’s Financial Services Authority yesterday condemned the “huge blow” inflicted on the reputation of the London…
ByTequila Sunrise Tom Conran has extended his mini-empire of London venues with a tequila lounge where you can indulge happily…
ByAn unsolicited phone call to Sotheby’s Paris has revealed the remarkable existence of a previously unrecorded Canaletto, Campo di San…
ByBarclays blew the whistle on Libor-fixing, hoping for a lighter sentence. This, clearly, has not gone well. You’ll get no…
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