Last Call
Last Call: The Rise and Fall of Prohibition Daniel Okrent Scribner, 480 pages Reviewed by Mark Le Fanu Buy Last…
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Art in the Middle East, after the Arab Spring
Cultural Shifts Anthony Downey, editor of new culture venture Ibraaz Publishing, describes how the project evolved against a backdrop of…
ByGaddafi Dead: The Tyrant Has Fallen
Even knowing that Muammar Gaddafi’s death was not an improbable outcome of the final military battle for Sirte, when it…
ByThe Birds and the BJs
Never let your kids’ school interfere with their education — especially not their sex education, says Alessandro Tomé YOU HAVE…
By#occupylsx: Spear’s meets the St Paul’s Protesters
They have set up camp by the steps of St Paul’s to protest about, well, everything from capitalism to cuts.…
By#occupylsx: Spear's meets the St Paul's Protesters
They have set up camp by the steps of St Paul’s to protest about, well, everything from capitalism to cuts.…
ByHopes and Fears for Libya’s Future
Spear’s staff writer Sophie McBain spent nearly three years in Tripoli and here she writes about what she thinks Libya’s…
ByHopes and Fears for Libya's Future
Spear’s staff writer Sophie McBain spent nearly three years in Tripoli and here she writes about what she thinks Libya’s…
BySign the Petition for Fairer Energy
As part of Spear’s Save Britain’s Historic Landscape Campaign, we encourage readers to sign this petition (click on link to…
ByGuardian: Protect TS Eliot’s East Coker
Poets, academics and residents have launched an attempt to win world heritage status for an English village beloved of TS…
ByHere’s the Thing
When Spear’s hosted a debate on what makes a masterpiece, none of the participants could agree. Ivan Lindsay was there…
ByWhat Price Power?
Wind farms threaten to despoil the landscape north of the border too. Here, John Cromartie writes about the misconceptions and…
ByPregnant Paws
My advice to women about to have their first baby? Ignore everybody’s advice — and watch out for men who…
ByA Minor Key
Though modest and unassuming, Nuffield Place, lately acquired by the National Trust, provides a fascinating insight into the life and…
ByMoral Flatliners
Andrei Navrozov on why the Federation Fund — a mysterious Russian charity for children with cancer that doesn’t actually raise…
ByThe Master Switch
The Master Switch: The Rise and Fall of Information Empires Tim Wu Atlantic Books, 384pp Winner of a Spear’s Book…
ByA Voice from Old New York
A Voice from Old New york: A Memoir of My Youth Louis Auchinloss Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 224pp Review by Peter…
ByCountry Life: English Heritage on planning policy
Simon Thurley, CEO of English Heritage, writes: Ours is not a crumbling heritage system, as CLA president William Worsley suggests…
ByRepeat Offenders
Alessandro Tomé on the rank hypocrisy of British newspaper readers, the feral hostility of Ryanair staff and the sheer folly…
ByFair Residues
New York-based artist Richard Dupont makes transparent sculptures filled with household waste. But that doesn’t mean his work is rubbish,…
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