This is a time for reflection, not ‘revenge spending’
Talk of ‘revenge spending’ shows that Wordsworth’s warning that in ‘getting and spending, we lay waste our powers’ has never…
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What might society look like after coronavirus?
The coronavirus pandemic could yield a range of societal impacts. Here are some of the legacies it could leave. Coronavirus…
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Hedgehog: What’s in a handbag?
Is it time to be bullish on Birkin’s? Investors might have good reason to think so… Market turmoil has left…
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What are the challenges of an increasing human lifespan? These experts explain
We are living longer than ever before. The 100-year-life is no longer the stuff of science fiction. But what does…
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Introducing ‘art for the digital age’
As most physical venues remain shut around the world, Spear’s hears from Rob Anders, co-founder of Niio, a digital art…
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Christie’s to stream landmark ‘global’ sale from four cities
After the cancellation of its flagship New York summer sale, Christie’s is debuting an exciting new auction concept New York,…
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Rothschild & Co logs record Q1 wealth and asset management revenues
But the group saw AUM slump and says that it expects revenues to fall across all aspects of the business…
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Lockdown, dress up
For entrepreneurs and aesthetes from Jeremy Hackett to Spear’s contributor Nick Foulkes, working from home during lockdown is no excuse…
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Art in lockdown: The galleries and auction houses selling work online
Galleries and auction houses may be closed for the foreseeable future, but there is no need for art-lovers to stop…
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‘Our online presence now is our presence full stop’ – galleries adapt to Covid-19
In the time of coronavirus, art too is being transformed. Arun Kakar reports on the ways galleries are changing their…
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Are diamonds on the rocks?
Weaker consumer spending and the rise of lab-grown stones has hit the demand for diamonds – but don’t count them…
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Why I gave up sausage rolls for Lent
I look forward to my first Impossible Burger, made from a plant-based substance . All the same, I’ll say no…
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We need literature in the time of lockdown
In these testing times, we have created a platform to inform readers and support writers. What they urgently need is…
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Sheikha Bodour of Sharjah: Why the world has never needed books more than today
Sheikha Bodour of Sharjah is leading a reading revolution. She tells Alec Marsh about her mission to boost publishing in…
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Who was the real ‘fifth man’?
Arun Kakar talks to the author of a new book about John Cairncross to discuss the elusive ‘fifth man’ and…
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Glorious Goodwood book review: ‘Richly anecdotal and quintessentially English’
A history of the 11 Dukes of Richmond reveals a long and proud tradition of sporting patronage, writes Christopher Silvester…
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Why the Star Wars universe is more morally complex than you might think
The huge destruction in the latest Star Wars films shines a light on the moral complexity of the franchise, writes…
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The Visit review: Lesley Manville shines in a ‘scathingly powerful reflection of society’
Tony Kushner’s latest at the national theatre a scathingly powerful reflection of society and the influence that money creates, writes…
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Donna Air – The Spear’s Midas interview
The Geordie actress, now starring in The Split on BBC1, talks divorce, happiness and being back on the Beeb How…
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Hilary Mantel Q & A: ‘I’ve started to regard Cromwell as a colleague’
Wolf Hall, the first in Hilary Mantel’s trilogy based on the life of the Tudor politician Thomas Cromwell, was the…
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