Halloween stirs London's cauldron of decadent devilry
Boy About Town Zak Smith gives Spear’s a rundown of the capital’s most delightfully debauched places to celebrate Halloween London…
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Highlands Lodge, Ngorongoro Crater
Around two million years ago a cataclysmic explosion tore the heart out of a giant 20,000 foot volcano in what…
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These sapphires and sumptious brooches tell a thousand stories
All through history, jewellery has been much, much more than the sum of its material parts. The ancient Greeks and…
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Aurea Kevill thinks considering the implications ’is worthy of a law school exam’ Frieze, London’s leading contemporary art fair, created…
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Leica sets up shop in picture perfect Royal Exchange
Leica Camera Ltd has announced that it will open a second London-based store at premium shopping destination, The Royal Exchange,…
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Puntacana Resort Upcoming Activities
As 2015 comes to a close this December, the resort will host its annual social Oscar de la Renta Tennis…
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Champagne region expands due to fizzing demand
Can it really be true that there was a spike in champagne sales after Jeremy Corbyn succeeded in his bid…
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Josh Spero’s Frieze Week diary: Friday
Yesterday, Frieze Week really showed what it was capable of, and I don’t mean in terms of parties and air…
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Meet Pierre Hermé, the macaron maker so famous he has his own waxwork
The celebrated patissier tells Rasika Sittamparam a culinary tale like no other, spanning over 40 years’ of experience and travel…
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Alain Ducasse’s new chestnut menu at Rivea in the Bulgari Hotel greets the season
You can tell the year is quickening to its frigid end when chestnuts start appearing on menus. (Thankfully there have…
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Restaurant review: Bonhams Restaurant
Above: Tom Kemble’s Challans duck with beetroot, griotte cherry, endive and shiso ‘I don’t know what I was expecting,’ says…
ByMeet Pierre Hermé, the macaron maker so famous he has his own waxwork
Rasika Sittamparam meets the ‘Picasso of pastry’ who now has his own waxwork to add to his Chevalier de la…
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What’s happening in Marfa, Texas?
America’s premier fine art lithographer is losing his temper: ‘I thought you were here to talk about my work, not…
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Josh Spero’s Frieze Week diary: Thursday
Wednesday is, in theory, a small respite during Frieze Week: you’ve spent most of Tuesday at the Frieze preview day…
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More than 40 years after Donald Judd put Marfa on the map, the Texas art-mecca has expanded way beyond his…
ByVisit Colombia and take a tour with Pablo Escobar's brother
Pop culture pieces like Narcos and Zero Zero Zero highlight Colombia’s troubled history, even as it emerges as a tourist…
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Josh Spero’s Frieze Week Diary: Wednesday
Frieze London – the older fair with the newer art – and Frieze Masters – the newer fair with the…
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The artist who creates her own reality by crocheting the world around her
It was a few years back that I saw the first piece. It was a bicycle, fully crocheted in coloured…
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Josh Spero’s Frieze Week Diary 2015
TUESDAY Yesterday saw the start of Frieze Week’s marathon sprint: men with Hermès ties or beards (but rarely both) and…
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A Caledonian culinary dream at 21212
Michelin-starred restaurants can be expensive, haughty and, for many foodies, inaccessible. Intimidating and often pretentious, these establishments are rarely destinations…
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