Diary: Melinda Hughes reveals the on-tour antics of an opera star
Pasta diva I thought the days of statuesque divas making the boards creak on stages all around the world were…
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What do Yoshinori Ishii’s mysterious letters from Mayfair have to do with the price of fish?
At first the fishermen of Newlyn in Cornwall were a little bemused. It was late summer in 2010 and notes…
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The cigar that has found its perfect rum accompaniment after 225 years
What are the three failings of the revolution? Breakfast, lunch and dinner. Thankfully, no one told Rodolfo Brizumla Jimene the…
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Review: Sondheim, Sweeney Todd, English National Opera
This masterpiece of macabre musical theatre by Stephen Sondheim has had a deconstructive makeover by Lonny Price at the ENO.…
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British dining scene recognised by Elite Traveler
Author: Zahra Al-Kateb London boasts a total of five restaurants in the Elite Traveler Top 100 Restaurants in the World,…
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Boy About Town takes us through his Easter Extravaganza
Through governmental and Godly benevolence, London’s overworked population has been blessed with a healthy, and hopefully sunny, four-day weekend, so…
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At GRAD and the Saatchi Gallery – Two exhibitions showing the present and past threats of Russian politics
Evgeny Granilshchikov stops speaking Russian and answers directly in English: ‘Of course, absolutely,’ he says, affirming he has felt pressured…
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Exclusive: Adam Dant’s sketches from Richard III’s reburial
I was delighted that Spear’s had a ringside seat inside Leicester Cathedral for the Sunday afternoon service for Richard III…
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Dunhill’s 1A St James’s combines the best of cigars and Clubland
At first glance, 1A St James’s looks more like a wood-panelled Apple store than a cigar merchant in the heart…
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Review: Alain Ducasse au Plaza Athénée
It’s never a good idea to click on YouTube links titled ‘What the meat industry doesn’t want you to see’,…
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A day in the life of Peter Weeden of the Newman Street Tavern
I’m up for a quick cup of tea and slice of toast at 6.45 before dashing to the train to…
ByExclusive: Adam Dant's sketches from Richard III's reburial
Adam Dant – the official national general election artist – accompanied Spear’s editor William Cash to Richard III’s reburial. Here…
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Restaurant review: Beer and Buns, Liverpool Street
Based on a Japanese izakaya, or bar, Beer and Buns is found up a very dark staircase in a corner…
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Monisha Rajesh visits a vegetarian restaurant in Paris and stumbles upon a circus of flavours and theatrics It’s never a…
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Book Reviews: The Shifts and the Shocks by Martin Wolf and A Strange Business by James Hamilton
Christopher Silvester on a stimulating take on the financial crisis and Mark Le Fanu on an ambitious attempt to dissect…
ByFrom heart specialists to private operas, Spear's meets a UHNW fixer
William Cash meets chief fixer at BHB Partners Harry Becher, who explains that in his world there’s no such thing…
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Does money maketh minimalism?
All this stuff. My house is full of it. I live, now, in a pretty big house. Not big big.…
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Is global demand driving the red-hot classic car market off the road?
Astronomical figures continue to be fetched at classic car auctions, raising fears over another Eighties-style bubble. With a Ferrari 250…
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From Hackett to Hermès, are ties making a comeback?
For some time now I’ve been musing on what on earth has happened to the makers of ties. Time was…
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Most men are answering by turning up for work without a tie – but they’re (k)not done yet, says Lucia…
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