Searching for a stake in Britain’s future, next-gen London needs to get out and vote
The general election is just months away, and with some opinion polls indicating that the Tories have pulled into a…
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Searching for a stake in Britain's future, next-gen London needs to get out and vote
With the looming possibility that ‘red Ed’ could actually reach Number Ten, Zak Smith tracks down the young Londoners who…
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With requiems for the rich, the wealthy want to go out on a high note
Classical music used to have an intimate relationship with wealth: patrons would commission symphonies, operas and every sort of occasional…
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Review: Rubens and his Legacy, Van Dyck to Cézanne
Legacy is too often a dictator. The RA’s latest exhibition, ‘Rubens and His Legacy: Van Dyck to Cezanne’, is thankfully…
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The RA’s new exhibition on the baroque master provides us with a broad view of artistic inspiration as well as…
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The new HNW dating agency which prizes money and manners
If you are an affluent but time-poor Londoner who eschews online dating and has no interest in the meat market…
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American art is finally learning to laugh
American artists have always tended to be skittish on the subject of humour. Saul Steinberg, for instance, was a great…
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William Cash is honoured to meet Dame Maggie Smith at a royal investiture
I recently attended the investiture at Windsor Castle for my father’s knighthood for over 30 years of political service. Each…
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Vanitas, vanitas, all is vanitas at BRAFA’s sixtieth edition
Two things set the tone for an international art fair. First, the style of the invitation to the VIP Preview…
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Opera Review: Giordano, Andrea Chénier, Royal Opera House
I am overwhelmed and overjoyed with the Royal Opera House’s latest offering: Umberto Giordano’s Andrea Chénier directed by David McVicar.…
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William Cash welcomes a memento mori or two at the Brussels art fair Two things set the tone for an…
ByOpera Review: Giordano, Andrea Ch’nier, Royal Opera House
Melinda Hughes swoons over Jonas Kaufmann’s singing and David McVicar’s lavish staging I am overwhelmed and overjoyed with the Royal…
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Book Review: Any Other Business by Martin Vander Weyer
A handful of individuals have abandoned careers on Wall Street or in the City of London and become successful writers…
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Book Review: Jet Set by William Stadiem
Jet Set is roughly Lifestyles of the Rich and Famous, 1955-1965. The international hybrid gadabout Rich and Famous, not the…
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Belgian art fair BRAFA celebrates 60th anniversary with newfound status
Can you really talk about the 19th or 20th century species known as The English Collector, The French Collector or…
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Power-dressing today is less about shoulderpads, more about geek chic
What says power-dressing to you these days? A charcoal cashmere overcoat of miraculous softness and astronomical price? A pin-sharp Salvatore…
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Opera Review: Verdi, Un Ballo in Maschera, Royal Opera House
I have a love/hate relationship with the Royal Opera House at the moment. Their latest Mozart offering, Idomeneo (one of…
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David Williams-Ellis’ sculptures are poetry in motion
Above the courtyard of C Hoare & Co, a serene space inside the Fleet Street bank, a majestic bronze eagle,…
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You can find the lively leaping sculptures of David Williams-Ellis in corporate headquarters and boardrooms from the Bund to Bond…
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Spear’s Year in Review 2014: Art
It’s been a substantial year in art, not least in the continued growth of the market: sales from Christie’s and…
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