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The Thatcherite commentator and former head of Downing Street’s Home Policy Unit has taken a turn to the left with…
ByThe Thatcherite commentator and former head of Downing Street’s Home Policy Unit has taken a turn to the left with…
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ByIn case you missed them, we’ve collected the 5 most viewed articles and the best blogs from Spear’s last week.…
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ByThe sixth instalment of our lexicographical endeavour, a dictionary for the super-wealthy Qatar: Everything in Britain is now owned by…
ByFaulty Reception The sad fact of the matter is that most of today’s TV is rubbish. Even the good stuff.…
ByA controversial thing to say in an issue with our Olympic Special, but this summer I’ll be ignoring the running,…
ByMark Nayler bags himself a brace of grouse at the Lyttelton restaurant at the Stafford Hotel straight after the Glorious…
ByNext weekend is enlarged by a bank holiday, ie time to go to the country, says Emiy Rookwood. To help…
ByWith no implication as to his guilt or innocence, here are some songs we think Julian Assange might like to…
ByIn the context of present-day Europe, can austerity measures increase growth via a negative fiscal multiplier? No — and I’ll…
BySurely Some Mistake It makes no sense to boast of London having ‘won’ the right to host the Olympics, since…
ByFalse Start If you build it, they will come — and then they will go. Ross Clark on the peculiar…
ByThis Blows A Scottish-themed dinner party unravels when a drunken guest heckles a bagpiper, showing that most New Yorkers still…
ByFine wine has many of the characteristics of gold, which could make it a perfect reserve commodity and investment, says…
ByNo Thanks, Just Looking You might think you know your art from your elbow while idly strolling through a gallery.…
ByOlympics Fever has not passed Spear’s by: we’re practising our javelin hurls and reverse two-and-a-half somersaults, tuck, with as much…
ByArtists, museums and galleries need to be ever-more innovative in how they raise money. The solution, says Josh Spero, seems…
ByLondon – Christie’s is honoured to present a non-selling exhibition of Alexander Volkov’s work at its headquarters in London Alexander…
ByYou see a lot of strange and surprising things when walking around London but how often is one of them…
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