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…
ByReview: Alain Ducasse au Plaza Ath’n’e
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…
ByFrom Hackett to Herm’s, are ties making a comeback?
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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In praise of corduroy: Edward VIII’s second skin
One of the more memorable days in my working life took place about 21 years ago, when I went to…
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This weekend: Enjoy a Bad Egg, some foraging and a glass of New Zealand’s finest
Go for brunch at Bad Egg Bad Egg is brought to you by Noble Inns and is to be found…
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Chef Judy Joo on trading Wall Street for a Korean kitchen
Life is short, but you always have time to reinvent yourself. Well, it really depends on how you spin it.…
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Restaurant Review: Franco’s in Mayfair
Franco’s is a Mayfair stalwart. Opened as an Italian café in 1946, it has become one of the places to…
ByThis weekend: Enjoy a Bad Egg, some foraging and a glass of New Zealand's finest
Emily Rookwood has Spring in her step as she takes us through her top recommendations for this weekend with eggs,…
ByRestaurant Review: Franco's in Mayfair
Emily Rookwood visits one of the gems in Mayfair’s gastronomic and social tapestry for a spot of eating and people…
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Sanctions against Iran are crippling its artists and the chance for change
In retrospect, 2014 probably wasn’t the best year to have the UK-Russia Year of Culture. But despite political froideur, there…
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Umu celebrates its tenth anniversary with a kaiseki beyond words
Whenever I have seen some gourmet quiver with culinary pleasure and look like they might succumb to the gastronomic equivalent…
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