The Bishop of Bling bids adieu to his diamond-studded toilet
First the new pope shunned his luxurious apartments in the Vatican for more austere spaces, and now he has suspended…
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Monday Minute – 21st October 2013
This week, editor Josh Spero discusses how the mistresses of Chinese HNWs are taking their boyfriends to the cleaners, along…
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Colombia's millionaire population hits a high
Colombia has bounced back from the financial crisis better than the rest of the world as its number of millionaires…
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Review: Madame Butterfly, ENO
This visually stunning incarnation of Anthony Minghella’s production, touchingly revived by Sarah Tipple, makes this opera a must-see even, dare…
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Will Lander guest-edits Food Friday
I USUALLY GET into the restaurant around 8-8.30am. Hopefully the first sight I see will be our amazing head chef…
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Guest Recipe: Breanna Richard’s Hazelnut, Raspberry and White Chocolate Brownie
You will need 1 large lined cake tin Preheated oven at 160°C Ingredients 650g 70% chocolate 450g butter 750g sugar…
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Food Friday: Andrew Wong makes chili vegetarian dish: Sichuanese Aubergines
Andrew Wong of A. Wong Restaurant in London creates the most famous dish on his menu; the delectable citron Sichuanese…
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Why fine-art collecting is not dissimilar to compulsive hoardin
I REMEMBER ONE of the first times I saw my mother cry. It was over a set of 200-year-old Chinese…
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Frieze Week carries the danger of isolating London in solitary wealth
‘It’s anthropology,’ said my New York friend over for Frieze Week in London. ‘What do you mean?’ I responded. ‘We’re…
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Your guide to the best hotels and resorts in Mauritius
It’s time for a break, isn’t it? Summer has long been forgotten and winter has crept in so quickly, so…
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How high-class Chinese mistresses are taking stock of the luxury market (and their lovers)
MORE THAN 1,500 years ago, China’s political hierarchy had already identified the role that concubines could play. The Jin dynasty…
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Frieze Special: Fraud and fakery are no surprise in the art world – just ask Modigliani
Author: Abdus Shuman Ralph Lerner, a high-profile art-world lawyer — he has worked with Steven A Cohen, the Gagosian Gallery…
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Frieze Special: Why Detroit should sell its art
ON 18 JULY, Detroit filed for Chapter 9 bankruptcy, seeking protection from its creditors. The city appointed Kevyn Orr as…
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Best of the weekend’s papers: London property as reserve currency, JP Morgan grinds to a loss, sex and death and paintings
1. London’s great exodus (New York Times) The property market is no longer about people making a long-term investment in…
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Monday Minute – 14th October 2013
This week, editor Josh Spero talks about why the Guardian’s got it all wrong: we should be *thanking* the Frieze…
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Josh Spero’s Frieze Week Diary
Monday Art fairs visited on Saturday: two. Exhibitions visited: one. Pounds paid for Fortnum & Mason breakfast tea in a…
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Josh Spero's Frieze Week Diary
Every year, Spear’s editor Josh Spero brings you news, reviews and gossip from Frieze Week, when London is filled with…
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Art Wars – an exhibition of Star Wars Stormtrooper helmets transformed into works of art by some of the world’s…
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Author: Phaneendra Kumar Holding a special place in the hearts of gourmets, restaurants in Madrid hog the limelight whenever there…
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The sixth Meurice Prize for contemporary art has been awarded to Neïl Beloufa, represented by the Galerie Balice Hertling. True…
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