Cold Snap
Is it the timing, the unfamiliar faces, or the dreadful waffle these people talk? Whatever it is, something about Frieze…
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High Art Goes Hi-Tech
There’s more to digital design than gimmicks and gadgetry — which is why curators and collectors approach it as a…
ByAll the Cotswolds a Stage
A moment or two of quiet reflection on the banks of the Coln provides a calm yet compelling reminder of…
ByFall in the Mind
Was it the gorgeous autumn weather or the excitement of Fashion Week that brought on my moment of wedding-crashing madness,…
ByDude Looks Like a Lady
What gives the hard-working male executive the edge in these tough times? Plastic surgery, a makeover and a touch of…
ByA Spring in his Step
Diaghilev was no simple showman: working with the best composers and visual artists of his day, he took dance into…
ByWhen the Going Gets Toff
Ivan Lindsay on the current crop of aristocrats who are having to sell the family treasures in order to hang…
ByPussies Galore
Alessandro Tome on plagues of black cats, unprepossessing politicians and other unseemly augurs of ill fortune LA ISLA BLANCA, they…
ByChasing Goldman Sachs
How the Masters of the Universe Melted Wall Street… And Why They’ll Take Us to the Brink Again SUZANNE McGEE…
ByA Full Cup
Sir Thomas Lipton’s Extraordinary Life and his Quest for the America’s Cup MICHAEL D’ANTONIO Riverhead, 368pp Review by Peter York…
ByDog Days
Alessandro Tomé growls at the crossbreed coalition that governs this mongrel nation SO IN THE end I wasn’t right. But…
ByHighly Strung
Vanessa Neumann meets Philippe Petit — twinkle-toed titan of the tightrope, unreconstructed rebel and barn-building DIY superstar I WAS STAR-STRUCK,…
ByDead End Gene Pool
Dead End Gene Pool: A memoir Wendy Burden Gotham, 288pp Buy Dead End Gene Pool in the Spear’s/Amazon store Review…
ByGentlemen & Blackguards
Gentlemen & Blackguards, or Gambling mania and the plot to steal the Derby of 1844 Nicholas Foulkes W&N, 288pp Buy…
ByFree the Markets!
State capitalism as practised by China, Russia and Saudi Arabia will bring free markets to ruin, says Ian Bremmer. It’s…
ByFail Again. Fail Better.
Andrew Ross Sorkin is the wunderkind behind Too Big to Fail, the minute-by-minute account of Wall Street’s collapse in 2008…
ByWhat We’re Reading
Spear’s writers recommend what they’re reading now and what they’ve loved in the past. All of these books are available…
BySpear’s Book Awards 2010: Winners
Spear’s Book Awards in association with Citi Private Bank 5th July, 2010 The Criterion, Piccadilly The second Spear’s Book Awards,…
ByRefashioning Myself
Having taken herself back across the Atlantic, Daisy Prince finds that what is fabulous in London is merely frou-frou in…
ByDon’t Blame the Shorts
Don’t Blame the Shorts: Why short sellers are always blamed for market crashes and why history is repeating itself Robert…
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