Letter from William Cash on countryside communities
Back in September, I spoke at the Blenheim Palace Literary Festival on the subject of ‘Is the English countryside dying?’…
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Hedgehog 35 on Brazilian Bentley burial, Frieze Week, ’75 million Oxford donation
Spear’s spikiest columnists on the latest gossip and goings-on in the City and beyond Spear’s spikiest columnists on the latest…
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Review of Bacon and Moore's Flesh and Bone exhibition, Ashmolean
These giants of 20th century art complement and contrast in equal measure, both offering different vantage points and providing the…
ByElusive Sketch restaurateur Mourad Mazouz gives rare interview to Spear's
Whatever happened to Mourad Mazouz? Far from having vanished, the low-profile mastermind behind Momo and Sketch is in fact as…
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From turkey to tortellini, our foodie friends share their Christmas traditions
Every family has their own way of doing things at Christmas from how early or late the tree goes up…
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Sitwell scoffs at Ethiopian cuisine, One Leicester Street and Boisdale of Belgravia
Next time you find yourself trekking through the Simien mountains of Ethiopia (pictured below) – who knows, possibly raising funds…
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Emily Rookwood’s Christmas Cake family recipe
You can’t have Christmas without Christmas cake even if, like me, you are mainly in it for the marzipan. Yes,…
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You can’t have Christmas without Christmas cake even if, like me, you are mainly in it for the marzipan. There…
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Review of Mojo at the Harold Pinter Theatre
The revival of Jez Butterworth’s Mojo at the Harold Pinter Theatre has a stellar cast, which ensures its runaway success.…
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Richard Young’s Diary
Photojournalist and potraitist Richard Young has a gallery in Kensington. He shares a few personal anecdotes from his day SATISFACTION…
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Religious hotel frequentation can be as spiritually uplifting as going to Church
‘I do not skate — but then nor do I ski, and that doesn’t stop me deriving great spiritual comfort…
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Food Friday: How to Make the Perfect Whisky Cocktail, The Coquettier
An expert mixologist at The Roof Gardens in Kensington shows us how to create the Coquettier – a modern take…
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Best restaurants in Singapore
Author: Peter Matthews Speak to anyone from Singapore and before long you’ll realise that this is a nation that loves…
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Incredible hybrid supercars
‘Hybrid supercars’ should be an oxymoron. Gas-guzzling V8 engines and the word ‘eco’ have never gone together. But some carmakers…
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McLaren’s exclusive P1 hybrid hypercar
McLaren chairman Ron Dennis emphasised the exclusivity that comes with the P1 when he introduced it at the Geneva Motor…
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Porsche’s plug-in 918 Spyder
Engineers from Porsche’s race car division designed and developed the hybrid 918 Spyder. The car combines racing speed with low-emission…
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The hybrid and limited edition £1 million LaFerrari
A supercar like LaFerrari is the reason why manufacturers invest so much in Formula 1. The new hybrid integrates the…
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Review of The Resistible Rise of Arturo Ui, Duchess Theatre
The timing couldn’t be more perfect for this Chichester Festival production directed by Jonathan Church to wow London. Brecht isn’t…
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Television-hating Roald Dahl would turn in his grave at iPad proliferation
Author: Alessandro Tome ‘The amount of unnecessary tension and arguments inspired by iPads is mind-boggling. And by the time you…
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Most expensive book ever sold at auction fetches $14 million
NEW YORK, 26 November 2013 – Tonight at Sotheby’s New York, one of only eleven surviving copies of the Bay…
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