June 2015 - Spear's Magazine

Fake or Fortune's Philip Mould sets up shop on Pall Mall

Month: June 2015

Diary: Kelly Hoppen on empowering women, promoting Britain and dealing with dog hair

Forty years ago, I was doing my first design job; I was sixteen and designing the kitchen of one of my father's friends, but it was horrible because he was a complete alcoholic, and so was the builder. Everything ended up being hung upside-down! It didn't put me off, though: next came the house of a racing driver, and it grew from there.

Big Hitters Charity Cricket Day

First up, on the diary front, and a must attend event for those who follow our Property Index, is the "Big Hitters" Charity Property Cricket event on 30th June 2016 at London's Hurlingham Club in aid of Bowel Cancer UK, run by Imperial Blue Finance. Imperial Blue - run by Tom Harries and his brother Jamie from Upper Brook Street (just by Le Gavroche) - are one of the fastest emerging boutique 'alternative property finance' bridging outfits.

Review: Rivea at Byblos, Saint-Tropez

Alex Matchett recently dined at Rivea in London for Food Friday. Not to be outdone, I popped over to Saint-Tropez to experience the original Rivea at the hotel Byblos and spend time with some of their producers and cook with head chef Vincent Maillard.

The Burning Man building temporary temples in Derry

The crowd gasped as the steeple of the 75-foot temple finally succumbed to the flames. The sky was full of sparks, billowing in great clouds over the heads of the 15,000 people that had come together on this chilly hillside on the southern outskirts of Derry-Londonderry.

Porto Heli is a bright spot in Greece’s troubled future

Greece may be in the midst of one of the most cataclysmic economic crises for decades, but as the helicopters and blacked-out Mercedes wafted along the winding roads and open blue skies from Athens to what is known as the ‘Greek Hamptons’, I began to realise there was an exciting, extravagant project underway, one which could finally give the embattled European nation a shard of good news.

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