The day my father defeated Disney's theme park plans
When Disney admitted defeat, faced with mounting local opposition, they could place the blame at my father’s feet IT’S FINALLY…
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Monday Minute – 5th August 2013
In this week’s Monday Minute Josh Spero is looking at how rising costs of education are affecting social mobility.
BySpear’s Hotel Review: Cliveden
A hotel like Cliveden has no need to be as good as it is: it could easily glide into gilded…
BySpear’s Hotel Review: Lime Wood
Lime Wood’s themes of nature and nourishment start before you’ve even entered the grounds. Whizzing 90 minutes from London, you…
BySpear’s Hotel Review: The Boundary
Terence Conran’s Boundary harnesses the creative buzz of London’s East End, with the rough edges smoothed out. For those used…
BySpear’s Hotel Review: Chewton Glen
Chewton Glen was shortlisted in the independent hotelier of the year awards this year. Thankfully Spear’s visited a little earlier,…
ByIndependent Hotelier of the Year Shortlist Announced
The announcement this week of the Independent Hotelier of the Year shortlist has not only underlined the luxury sector’s credentials…
ByDigital art today: from (literally) killer pieces to virtual auction houses
Some thought technology would usher in a brave new immaterial world of digital art and slick cyber-galleries. But so far…
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HayMax is more than a hayfever cure, it highlights everything that’s beautiful about small
A Nose for Business WHEN MAX WISEBERG makes a delivery at Waitrose, his little green Austin A30 — made, as…
ByExploring Cambodia’s Southern Coast
Discover the serene waterways, perfect beaches, swishy resorts and charming villages of Cambodia’s southern coast ‘WHAT’S THAT NOISE?’ shouts Innes,…
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Spear’s city boys head on a country adventure
‘All the flavours and tastes reminded me of my childhood, of how things were done then and most of all…
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Monday Minute – 29th July 2013
In this week’s Monday Minute Josh Spero is looking at succession.
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45 Park Lane gets up to speed with Rolls-Royce Wraith cocktails
If you book the Penthouse Suite at 45 Park Lane from 1 November, you get a complimentary half-day experience in…
ByDiary: Helena Newman
The chairman of Sotheby’s Impressionist and Modern Art Department, Europe, on auctions in unusual locations, evenings where music and art…
ByCome flood or fire, how to keep your vintage wines safe
While a Martini may be taken shaken or stirred, few wine-lovers want their prized bottles of Romanée-Conti to be either,…
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Monday Minute – 22nd July 2013
In this week’s Monday Minute Josh Spero is looking at art and philanthropy.
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Fastest BMW of all time
Author: Peter Matthews High sales and production efficiency have always been fundamental to BMW’s operations. Its cars need to be…
ByInside Bhutan: Is Happiness More Important than Economic Growth?
As Bhutan heads to its second round of elections this weekend, Max Johnson reports on the mountainous nation and its…
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Fastest Porsche of all time
Author: Peter Matthews Few carmakers can match Porsche’s pursuit of unparalleled speed. And so introductions such as the new Macan…
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9 famous pieces of stolen art
Author: Peter Matthews Last week, a large-scale investigation in Germany into a collection of over 1,400 Nazi-looted paintings and sketches…
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