Philippe Starck on the Death of Good Design
Enough Already! Philippe Starck on why we need less design, not more, and why any design without moral commitment is…
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Fine Whisky, Great Investment
Liquid Gold Looks good, smells good, tastes good — and, if you choose wisely and don’t drink it yourself, can…
ByMarlon Abela on Romanée-Conti
Thirst Things First In his inaugural wine column for Spear’s, cellar dweller Marlon Abela brandishes his corkscrew and sets out…
ByDiscovering Organic Caviar in Spain
¿Quéviar? We’re used to free-range eggs, so why not organic caviar? Douglas Blyde dons his waders for some Spanish roe…
ByFrench Laundry Pop Up at Harrods
What’s Slowly Cookin’, Good-Lookin’? French Laundry überchef and modern master of the vac-pack gourmet snack Thomas Keller pops up at…
ByDressing For a Shoot
Point Blank Nick Foulkes on the benefits of his new-found love of shooting — not least in his wardrobe AS…
BySicily is Threatened by Wind Turbines Too
There Goes The Nationhood Andrei Navrozov on all those Mediterranean Arcadias bulldozed in the name of progress — and why…
ByThe Wizard of Lies
The Wizard of Lies: Bernie Madoff and the Death of Trust Diana B Henriques Henry Hold & Co/Times Books, 419…
ByLast Call
Last Call: The Rise and Fall of Prohibition Daniel Okrent Scribner, 480 pages Reviewed by Mark Le Fanu Buy Last…
ByTourism Revival in Former Indochina
Indo-Finer The three nations at the heart of Indochina have each put decades of strife behind them, with tourism playing…
ByTaj Falaknuma: From Nizams’ Palace to Grand Hotel
Very Niz The majesty of one of Hyderabad’s great palaces was in danger of being lost for ever, says Bridget…
ByArt in the Middle East, after the Arab Spring
Cultural Shifts Anthony Downey, editor of new culture venture Ibraaz Publishing, describes how the project evolved against a backdrop of…
ByGaddafi Dead: The Tyrant Has Fallen
Even knowing that Muammar Gaddafi’s death was not an improbable outcome of the final military battle for Sirte, when it…
ByThe Birds and the BJs
Never let your kids’ school interfere with their education — especially not their sex education, says Alessandro Tomé YOU HAVE…
By#occupylsx: Spear’s meets the St Paul’s Protesters
They have set up camp by the steps of St Paul’s to protest about, well, everything from capitalism to cuts.…
By#occupylsx: Spear's meets the St Paul's Protesters
They have set up camp by the steps of St Paul’s to protest about, well, everything from capitalism to cuts.…
ByLearnt it on the Grape Vine
Melinda Hughes has enjoyed plenty of fine wines in her time – but she couldn’t tell a Gewurztraminer from a…
ByCarveat Emptor
Emily Rookwood enjoys being bent out of joint when she goes to one of Mark Hix’s carving masterclasses CARVING THE…
ByOut of Africa
FEW HOLIDAYS CAN be as spectacular as an African safari, but pick the wrong destination and you may be more…
ByHopes and Fears for Libya’s Future
Spear’s staff writer Sophie McBain spent nearly three years in Tripoli and here she writes about what she thinks Libya’s…
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