Anthony Haden-Guest Throws a Star-Filled Benefit…For Himself
Anthony Haden-Guest hit a bum note when his lifetime’s possessions were given away — so he called on a few…
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Sam Leith Goes Book to the Future
In his first column for Spear’s, Sam Leith remembers when a book used to be just paper, ink and glue.…
ByKenny Schachter Reports from ART Hong Kong
I MADE MY first trip to Hong Kong to visit ART HK 12, the 5th iteration of the fair, recently…
ByAn HNW ABC: NOP
The fifth instalment of our lexicographical endeavour, a dictionary for the super-wealthy Names: These are very important for setting the…
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I’m Not An Extremist Really, Just a Traditionalist
Alessandro Tomé isn’t a political extremist, surely? He has a liberal approach to hanging and flogging liberal amounts of it……
ByPrime Minister’s Letter to William Cash
David Cameron wrote to William Cash after Spear’s Save Britain’s Historic Landscape campaign to thank him for his work and…
ByART HK sells well, to be replaced with Art Basel Hong Kong in 2013
Hong Kong, 21 May 2012 – Good sales were reported at the fifth and last edition of ART HK. The…
ByYoung Masters Art Prize 2012 Exhibition
Previous winners of the Young Masters Art prize including Ghost of a Dream will be featured in a fundraising exhibition…
ByAshenden Found: On the Trail of a Missing Somerset Maugham Book
Nigel West dons his dark glasses and fedora and heads to the Hotel d’Angleterre in Geneva, where Somerset Maugham stayed…
ByCalmer, Easier, Happier Parenting
Calmer, Easier, Happier Parenting Noel Janis-Norton Hodder and Stoughton Raising children can be trickier than managing money for high net…
ByYoung Masters Prize: Watch Judge Adam Dant Talk About the Prize
THE YOUNG MASTERS Art Prize, a not-for-profit initiative launched by respected gallerist Cynthia Corbett in 2009, recognises emerging artists who…
ByThe Story Behind the Royal Collection
One is Remarkably Eclectic Ivan Lindsay on the story behind the Royal Collection — not only the finest private accumulation…
ByMid-Atlantic Girl: Country Strife
Country Strife Dangerous roads, sleeplessness, cranky neighbours with guns, more sleeplessness… Daisy Prince on the joys of a weekend upstate…
ByGergiev and the Nature of Fame
Louder, Maestro! Andrei Navrozov wonders why Gergiev isn’t a bigger noise in Italy and ponders the nature of fame, from…
ByOur Letter to the Prime Minister
Dear Prime Minister, With the imminent publication of the revised National Planning Policy Framework, we are writing to urge protection…
ByAn HNW ABC
The fourth instalment of our lexicographical endeavour, a dictionary for the super-wealthy Jaguar: Is it a car? Is it a…
ByEating Out in Austerity Britain, Present Gluts and HNW Dealers
Chips with Everything We’re eating out less and are being more selective over our dinner guests — and new micro-technology…
ByFortune’s Spear
Fortune’s Spear: The Story of the Blue-Blooded Rogue behind the Most Notorious City Scandal of the 1920s Martin Vander Weyer…
ByMagpies, Squirrels and Thieves
Magpies, Squirrels and Thieves: How the Victorians Collected the World Jacqueline Yallop Atlantic Books, 320 pp Reviewed by Mark Le…
ByBettina Von Hase from Nine AM on Art, Patronage and Non-Elitism
Number Von Lady’s Aesthetic Agency Great contacts, German efficiency and a strain of diplomacy that runs in the family have…
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