Luxury

National Gallery sending Masterpieces on a Grand Tour

Paintings are, from time to time, called tours de force, but now three masterpieces are being forced to tour. (Groan.)…

HS2 should speed ahead

Anyone who has been fortunate enough to take the Eurostar will have felt no small wonder at the speed and…

Monday Minute – 9th September 2013

In this week’s Monday Minute Josh Spero gives us the inside word on the 2013 Spear’s Book Awards and discusses…

Review: Collecting Art for Love, Money and More by Ethan Wagner and Thea Westreich Wagner

Texts on collecting art tend to the pious (and thus dishonest): one only collects for love! tends to be the…

The airports and airlines making flying more luxurious

Now Sol Kerzner: everybody needs a private island

You really are nobody if you don’t own a private island these days. The latest person to have joined the…

Sitwell Scoffs: French garages and Le Moulin de l’Abbaye

Guest Recipe: William Drabble’s roast grouse with blackberries and port wine jus

Ingredients 4 young grouse Sauce 100ml olive oil 100g butter 2 shallots peeled and sliced 4 sprigs of thyme 2…

William Drabble guest-edits Food Friday

William Drabble is executive chef of Seven Park Place at St James’s Hotel & Club, Mayfair and here he talks…

A wolf in dog’s clothing

As I grew up in a city, we were small-dog people — my first was a Pekinese called Typhoo who…

Not bathwater any longer: Moonshine makes a comeback as a luxury spirit

LIGHTNING IN A BOTTLE Without quite losing its reputation as illicit hillbilly homebrew, moonshine has led a whisky renaissance, says…

A wolf in dog's clothing

Before I had a baby, I thought of myself as the consummate dog-lover. Dogs were friends, always excited to see…

What's the best way to give to the Syrian refugee crisis?

Emergency appeals are a fantastic way of raising large sums of money very quickly. UK donors have shown themselves to…

Watch: What opera in Beirut tells us about the rest of the Middle East

In today’s Monday Minute (published on Tuesday because of the bank holiday), Josh Spero reflects on what a trip to…

Monday Minute – 26th August 2013

In this week’s Monday Minute Josh Spero is looking at the opera scene of the Middle East.

Alice Water’s quiet slow food revolution

Still Waters Runs Deep For the past 40 years Alice Waters has led a revolutionary campaign to change the way…

Spear’s herby tabbouleh recipe

Emily Rookwood I use herbs in practically everything I cook — and why wouldn’t you with so many available to…

Review: Lowry and the Painting of Modern Life, Tate Britain

The opening ceremony to the 2012 London Olympics depicted a Britain locating and departing from its industrial heritage. Revered and…

Monday Minute – 19th August 2013

In this week’s Monday Minute Josh Spero is looking at the virtues of War and Lord Ashcroft’s donation of Victoria…