The five most read articles on Spear’s last week: Butlers today, mansion tax tomorrow
The five most read articles on Spear’s last week: Butlers today, mansion tax tomorrow
1. Spear’s Speaks to Modern-Day Butlers
The popular image of the butler may be decidedly Victorian, but the modern-day version must have skills his predecessors would certainly never have required, says Sophie McBain
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2. Mansion tax will have to start at £1.25m, capturing 140,000 homes, to raise promised amount
The report also identifies the cost to homeowners if the proposed £2 million threshold is held regardless of inflation and rising house prices
3. Law firms that want growth should look to private-client work
A study found that out of the UK’s ten fastest-growing firms in terms of revenues, five offered traditional private client services, such as family law, succession planning or private wealth
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Could Beirut be the new Bayreuth? Lebanon’s fledgling opera scene is emerging from desperate Civil War days with the help of bold philanthropists and (sometimes) harmonious sopranos — but not everyone is singing from the same libretto
5. The airports and airlines making flying more luxurious
From check-in and security to shopping, lounges and jets, airports and airlines are doing a little blue-skies thinking. Could it spell an end to ‘Heathrow Hell’ and fly us into a brighter future?
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1. Review: Collecting Art for Love, Money and More by Ethan Wagner and Thea Westreich Wagner
Many collectors have no taste nor are interested in developing any: they want a greatest hits collection
Pictured above: The Wagners, an art-collecting and advisory duo
2. Speechly Bircham opens Geneva office after failure of Withers merger
Speechly Bircham senior partner Michael Lingens says wealthy families need a law firm which operates in many jurisdictions at once more than ever
3. Watch: Coming off your bicycle – and getting back on
Today, editor Josh Spero reflects on what he learnt about life after falling off his bike and nearly hurtling down the side of a mountain
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