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Schooled at Sea
Perhaps now more than ever the public feels that bankers should be sent to the frontline in Afghanistan for a…
ByHedgehog Issue 14
One of the authors of Freakonomics tells us how to get the wealthy to pay more tax, we rumple the…
ByDavid Linley
The final printed copy of my new book has just arrived on my desk, and I can’t help but feel…
ByHer Imperial Command
Some traits are clearly genetically inherited: dark eyes and male pattern baldness instantly come to mind. But entrepreneurialism? Is there…
BySnow Time Like the Present
His Excellency confirmed that the Cresta Club was very worried about the effects of global warming on the run. In…
ByFrieze Week: Thursday
Why the Trafigura Prize is trying to pour oil on troubled waters (ho-ho) and Alex Dellal tells me what his…
ByFrieze Week: Wednesday
When the fair finally opened, orange stickers appeared on works’ labels like a rapidly-spreading outbreak of chicken pox. Plus, Spear’s…
ByFrieze Week: Tuesday
‘Bacon? Who’s he? Never heard of him,’ says Damien when I ask him about his influences. ‘I prefer eggs and…
ByFrieze Week: Monday
Laurence Graff told Spear’s that he had always wondered what it was like to stand on the other side of…
ByHedgehog Issue 13
Financial custody, Harrods incentives, art recesses and more. Hedgehog is sponsored by Schroders Private Banking COM-PUUU-TER? Part of the reason…
ByAnthony Haden-Guest
Fast forwards. When the history of the American Empire is written one reason given for its decline may well be…
ByCakes for the Eye
Regarding the stiff, sugary edifices of Mich Turner’s spectacular cake creations, one gets the feeling that this baker isn’t awfully…
ByCaptions Required: Bull!
Dealbreaker, one of spearswms.com’s favourite blogs, has come up with this pic and we want your captions. Dealbreaker, one of…
ByBonhams Talks Straight
To Bonhams on Bond Street this morning for a refreshing breakfast – and I don’t just mean the orange juice.…
ByPerpetual Patronage
It seems like only yesterday that Hedgehog was sitting in the VIP lounges at Design Miami/Basel and Art Basel (held…
ByYou Bastards!
Spear’s occasionally receives unwarranted hate mail. Here is the latest piece – unsigned, of course. Spear’s occasionally receives unwarranted hate…
ByLove the Sinner
Bestselling novelist Nicholas Coleridge has a Christmas card list that is at least 600 names strong, so it was no…
ByHedgehog Issue 12
From why you should divorce now to the true wisdom of financiers, from China to the Alps via Highgrove, it’s…
ByJoin My Jet Club
The current economic climate may not be the best time for luxury industries to taxi along the runway, but the…
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