Making a Drama out of a Crisis
Financier Scott Rudmann describes how he ended up spending a surreal evening watching himself on stage in Sir David Hare’s…
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Social-networking sites are public forums where a lot of private stuff ends up. Way too much private stuff. Oh, put…
ByThe Discriminator Dines Out
BEFORE YOU ASK, no, I am not going to write about Italian restaurants only, although there is plenty to write…
ByThe Parent Claptrap
Bringing up children isn’t easy, but nor is it rocket science. Just relax and get on with it, says Alessandro…
ByThe King of Madison Avenue
The King of Madison Avenue: David Ogilvy and the Making of Modern Advertising Kenneth Roman Palgrave Macmillan, 304pp Review by…
ByThe Big Rich
The Big Rich: The Rise and Fall of the Greatest Texas Oil Fortunes Bryan Burrough Penguin Press Review by Christopher…
ByLord of Finance
Christopher Silvester meets Liaquat Ahamed, author of Lords of Finance, the winner of Spear’s Financial History of the Year award…
ByPoke Without Fire
Yes, it’s instantly addictive and in some ways quite revealing about other people – but what Facebook lacks is any…
ByThe Great Unwashed
On the whole, protesters are a grotty, disagreeable and uptight lot. But a world without protesters would be worse, says…
ByCreative Debt
After the sexual shenanigans of the 20th century’s great authors from Graham Greene to Martin Amis books appeared on the…
ByBarbie and Ruth
Barbie and Ruth: The Story of the World’s Most Famous Doll and the Woman Who Created Her Robin Gerber HarperBusiness,…
ByFool’s Gold
WINNER: SPEAR’S FINANCIAL BOOK OF THE YEAR 2009 Fool’s Gold: How Unrestrained Greed Corrupted a Dream, Shattered Global Markets and…
ByThe Match King
The Match King: Ivan Kreuger and the Financial Scandal of the Century Frank Partnoy Profile Books, 288pp Review by Jeremy…
BySubcontinental Drift
Like Paris in the 1920s, Mumbai looks set to become the destination of choice for today’s Lost Generation, says Daisy…
ByFree Little Pigs
What’s with all this wallowing in recession misery? Far better if we stopped whining and took responsibility for our own…
ByC’est Si Bon
Oscar Humphries on Le Bristol — quite possibly Paris’s most perfect palace hotel I remember hearing, around the turn of…
ByC'est Si Bon
Oscar Humphries on Le Bristol quite possibly Paris’s most perfect palace hotel Oscar Humphries on Le Bristol — quite possibly…
BySpear’s Book Awards Winners 2009
The inaugural Spear’s Book Awards, celebrating the very best books of the year – from finance to fiction – took…
ByHouse of Cards
House of Cards: How Wall Street’s Gamblers Broke Capitalism: The Fall of Bear Stearns and the Collapse of the Global…
BySurvival of the Fastest
McLaren supremo Ron Dennis talks to William Cash about money, motivation, marriage and 25 years at the top of the…
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