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UNIVERSITY CHALLENGED AC Grayling’s New College of the Humanities is an insurgent in a world of medieval institutions. But can…
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A new bridge across the iconic Turbine Hall, linking existing galleries with a new building, is symbolic of a new…
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As per my wise colleague Emily Rookwood, I don’t hold with detoxing in January, a month so miserable the only…
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Today is the day to go a wassailing. Oh yes. My West Country upbringing is shining through on what is,…
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In homage to all things apple Lucas Hollweg, a fellow West-Somerseter and one of my favourite recipe writers, has provided…
ByI found myself at Sumosan Mayfair on Albemarle Street, filled with what seemed to be oil traders and hedge-fund managers…
ByIn homage to all things apple Lucas Hollweg, a fellow West-Somerseter and one of my favourite recipe writers, has provided…
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Author: Aoife Moriarty A new online only sale by Christie’s auction house – running until next Tuesday, February 4 –…
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My friend who is a Conservative politician has what amounts to a mild obsession with presidential libraries. He is fascinated…
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Spear’s TV speaks to Rococo Chocolates Founder, Chantal Coady, about the bespoke luxury chocolate gifts on offer at Rococo this…
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Some people rank wines by Parker points, others by the intensity of the hangover. Sotheby’s, perhaps unsurprisingly, ranks them by…
ByThe list shows the top ten producers ‘in order of value of wines sold across Sotheby’s worldwide wine business’, which…
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Author: Peter Matthews Whether you intend to eat like a local or indulge in an award-winning restaurant, our selection of…
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Author: Peter Matthews It’s unlikely that you’ll ever talk to a Singaporean about the country’s restaurant scene without the word…
ByMartin Graham, Chairman of Management and Advisory board at Oracle,speaks on how the affluent can make their financial life comfortable.
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WRONGFUL ARREST After the rudest of cardiac wake-up calls, Sebastian Gibson found a new lease of life in Austria as…
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The New Year is a time for reflection, I’m told – thinking about the year that has passed and what…
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It is detox and diet season once more – a month of people snapping at family and friends because they…
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The imaginatively entitled ‘My Cookbook’ by Gerard Depardieu sits on a shelf towards the back of Blanchette, which is just…
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Author: by Spear’s Editorial I nipped to Asia this week. A whistle-stop tour that took in Singapore, Bangkok and Hong…
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