Food Friday: Andrew Wong Makes Oldest Chinese Dim Sum – Har Gau
Andrew Wong, Head Chef and Founder of A.Wong Restaurant in Victoria, shows Spear’s TV how he creates the traditional Dim…
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Guest Recipe: Sam Williams' Pumpkin Tortelli
The head chef of Cafe Murano gives her tantalisingly tasty and wholesome tortelli recipe – the ultimate treat for pasta…
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London’s new red-hot accessory is the e-cigarette
These six-inch plastic vaporising sticks, which create fake smoke on dragging, giving the feeling and effect of a cigarette, have…
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E-cigarettes, not content with being a smoking substitute, are now becoming a luxury accessory akin to a Rolex or a…
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Oscar de la Renta on how he stays on top of haute couture
OSCAR BRAVO ‘I was born in the Dominican Republic. If my father had known I wanted to be a fashion…
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Why fashion illustration is no mere sketch but a form of fine art
HUNG, DRAWN AND COLLECTED ‘I’m usually there, sketching at table four, and there’s always the same woman at the next…
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Is art an asset class? We take stock
CREATIVE ACCOUNTING In order to appeal to the stock-ticker-watching generation of investors, art has been subjected to much attempted classification…
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Will the UK-Russia Year of Culture warm up frosty relations?
BEAR HUGS This year has been designated the UK-Russia Year of Culture, and its first display of delicate artistry came…
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Art14’s Global Private Museum Summit gathers super-collectors in London
As Spear’s has written before, private museums are a major modern phenomenon: collectors are putting the art they own into…
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Art14's Global Private Museum Summit gathers super-collectors in London
The summit gives Art14 heft and importance: other art fairs, to their presumed jealousy, cannot bring together so many grade-A,…
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Review: Candide at the Menier Chocolate Factory
The recent tube strike, combined with torrential rain and the temptation to chase guerrilla-style Prince concerts around London, made my…
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McLaren returns with its fastest supercar yet
The motor, which will be on show at the International Geneva Motor Show in March, joins the range as an…
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Food Friday: How to Make the Perfect Whisky Cocktail
After some persistent encouragement (and only a spot of bribery) the expert mixologists at The Roof Gardens in Kensington have…
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Dating services for the wealthy pluck the heart – and purse – strings
Despite opening a great many doors, the privilege of wealth rarely bestows one with the keys to the heart. Risk…
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Put some sparkle in your Valentine’s Day with these drinks
This is my one concession to Valentine’s Day, and to be perfectly honest it is more a homage to beautiful…
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#FISHbone’s food is good but the prices stick in your throat
#FISHbone (hashtag and all) is the name of a new pop-up diner in the private dining room of Notting Hill’s…
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Starting your sourdough starter can leave a sour taste
This week I started my experiment with sourdough. I’ve been making my own bread for years but must admit to…
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Three drinks to get you in the mood. By Emily Rookwood This is my one concession to Valentine’s Day, and…
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A pop-up in Notting Hill’s Kensington Place is a bit fishy when it comes to the salmon doner kebab, says…
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Classic cars offer a return to style and a return on investment
There will always be a place in the garage of a young HNW for an out-of-the-box Porsche Carrera or, if…
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