The most valuable first edition books in the world
Author: Peter Matthews From the first book ever written in the USA to British classics penned by literary greats, some…
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We should value our private literature collections, not cast them off as clutter
Author: Sam Leith ‘Where in God’s name did the copy of Nana Mouskouri’s memoirs, signed affectionately to me, come from?…
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Citi’s Choir could snowball into wealth of business behemoth TV talent
You can imagine my surprise when I turned on BBC2 the other night to watch The Choir: Sing While You…
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David didn’t win the choir’s solo part, but Citi’s brave decision to submit a team of bankers was an interesting…
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Sculptor Emily Young carves out life in Italian convent but British foundations remain
HEART OF STONE Sculptor Emily Young may no longer live in England, having found contentment in an Italian convent, but…
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Editor’s Letter 35 on bribery, Chinese mistresses and draconian NY co-ops
Cheat? Us? Never! We’re as honest as the day is long (especially if that day is spent lazing on a…
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We’ve run a tricksy thread through issue 35, focusing on cheating in all its manifestations. Forewarned and all that Cheat?…
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Hedgehog 35 on Brazilian Bentley burial, Frieze Week, £75 million Oxford donation
Spear’s spikiest columnists on the latest gossip and goings-on in the City and beyond Name game Hedgehog dropped in on…
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Review of Bacon and Moore’s Flesh and Bone exhibition, Ashmolean
There is a familiar strangeness in the third floor rooms of the Ashmolean. In a museum chronicling the stories of…
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Letter from William Cash on countryside communities
Back in September, I spoke at the Blenheim Palace Literary Festival on the subject of ‘Is the English countryside dying?’…
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Spear’s spikiest columnists on the latest gossip and goings-on in the City and beyond Spear’s spikiest columnists on the latest…
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Review of Bacon and Moore's Flesh and Bone exhibition, Ashmolean
These giants of 20th century art complement and contrast in equal measure, both offering different vantage points and providing the…
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Review of Mojo at the Harold Pinter Theatre
The revival of Jez Butterworth’s Mojo at the Harold Pinter Theatre has a stellar cast, which ensures its runaway success.…
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Richard Young’s Diary
Photojournalist and potraitist Richard Young has a gallery in Kensington. He shares a few personal anecdotes from his day SATISFACTION…
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Review of The Resistible Rise of Arturo Ui, Duchess Theatre
The timing couldn’t be more perfect for this Chichester Festival production directed by Jonathan Church to wow London. Brecht isn’t…
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Television-hating Roald Dahl would turn in his grave at iPad proliferation
Author: Alessandro Tome ‘The amount of unnecessary tension and arguments inspired by iPads is mind-boggling. And by the time you…
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Most expensive book ever sold at auction fetches $14 million
NEW YORK, 26 November 2013 – Tonight at Sotheby’s New York, one of only eleven surviving copies of the Bay…
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Book review of Freaks of Fortune by Jonathan Levy
Levy, Jonathan Freaks of Fortune, The Emerging World of Capitalism and Risk in America Jonathan Levy Harvard University Press EX…
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Book review of The Love-Charm of Bombs by Lara Feigel
The Love-charm of Bombs, Restless Lives in the Second World WarLara FeigelBloomsbury EX LIBRIS Mark Le Fanu on the wartime…
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David Ross’s exhibition covers art from Pop to Brit
Previously unseen and important British country house art collections do not often travel en masse. Maybe the odd picture is…
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