Most expensive hotel in Dubai
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In truffle season, Daphne’s is the place to be
This summer I was lucky enough to have dinner with a grande dame of the aristocratic old school. One of…
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Sitwell scoffs at Colbert on Sloane Square
The great restaurateur Maurad Mazouz recently explained to me how as he criss-crosses the channel between restaurants, half way under…
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The Pig Idea ensures unwanted food waste is well used
I am very anti food waste, as I’m sure many of you are, and so it irritates me hugely to…
ByIn truffle season, Daphne's is the place to be
Josh Spero enjoys a feast of truffle-inspired dishes, nicely rounded off with a zesty Zacapa cocktail in this South Kensington…
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Review of Beyond Extravagance
Beyond Extravagance is about right. The title of a lavish new book cataloguing and depicting the jewellery collection of a…
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Boris Johnson’s Latin school scheme shows there’s life in the old language yet
Latin is a little like Marmite – people either love or hate it. Being of the former category, I was…
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Up to 1,000 children from some of London’s most deprived areas are expected to get a taste of the language…
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Hop aboard the Orient Express – in the Orient
EXPRESS YOURSELF Duncan Forgan dons his blazer and discovers the most enjoyable way to travel from Singapore to Bangkok, on…
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Conrad Concierge gives travellers an appy check-in
APPY LANDING New apps such as the Conrad Concierge are taking the hassle out of travel. Heading abroad is now…
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Best restaurants in Kuala Lumpur
Which means it’s probably no surprise that the bustling Malaysian capital also offers both KLites and visitors the most diverse…
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Questions for Eugenio Re Rebaudengo about online art site Artuner
As Spear’s has covered in detail before (see here for example), art has gone digital, whether it’s work that only…
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Highlights of the Spear’s Young Turk Awards 2014
Watch an unforgettable talk by perfumiere Jo Malone, and highlights of the Awards ceremony and speeches at The Spear’s Young…
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Sale of most expensive painting ever met with art world cynicism
Smashing the world record for a work of art sold at auction, Francis Bacon’s Three Studies of Lucian Freud fetched…
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Will this be the most expensive tutor ever?
There’s been some fanfare surrounding private tutoring over the past couple of years, as the media get all atwitter about…
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Monday Minute, 11 November 2013 – Are tax havens on the way out?
Editor Josh Spero talks about the Financial Secrecy Index and why writing to the Queen is the wrong thing to…
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Sitwell scoffs at Berners Tavern in the London Edition Hotel, Oxford Street
This is what Cornelius Gurlitt’s sitting room should have looked like. But no, his hoard of art was stashed around…
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It wouldn’t be Christmas without a Harrods hamper
It isn’t quite the festive season yet, however, there are a few things that need to be done in advance…
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Sotheby’s sale of vintage Moët & Chandon is best cellar
Henry James thought that the two most beautiful words in the English language were ‘summer afternoon’. Fair enough – although…
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Cookbook Review of Tom Kerridge’s Proper Pub Food and the Ginger Pig Farmhouse Cookbook by Tim Wilson and Fran Warde
We haven’t looked at any books of late on Food Friday, but seeing as two beauties have recently landed on…
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