Anthony Haden-Guest
Fast forwards. When the history of the American Empire is written one reason given for its decline may well be…
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Regarding the stiff, sugary edifices of Mich Turner’s spectacular cake creations, one gets the feeling that this baker isn’t awfully…
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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…
BySurvey Squared
Hedgehog knows that people do not ordinarily like to talk about their wealth, but when your interlocutor is a computer…
ByMayfair Marathon
If there are two things Hedgehog likes, they are charity events and seeing celebrities sweat. If there are two things…
ByDr. Bling
‘End of bling is nigh’ warns new study from Georgios Patsiaouras of the University of Leicester School of Management. ‘Research…
ByA Million-Pound Life: ’20
How much is a banker’s life worth? Not very much, the baying crowds cry. And one banker would agree: he’s…
BySalivating at the Mouth
You don’t sense that chef Jacob Kenedy is the tantrum sort, given the calmness of the restaurant and its City…
ByWalpole Position
Classics become classics by dint of endurance, so it is too early to say that any of the ‘Brands of…
ByCaroline Michel
To celebrate the Spear’s Book Awards on June 30th, Caroline Michel, one of the country’s top literary agents and CEO…
ByAnother famous Belgian
We all know the parlour game, Can you name ten famous Belgians? I once tried this with some Belgians and…
ByNon-Doms See the Bright Side
How non-doms can take advantage of the downturn and avoid the ’30,000 charge, from Hedgehog’s friends at Boodle Hatfield. From…
ByDaylesford Angelic
My eye alighted on what looked like a menu but turned out to be the Pravda of Pimlico: ‘Daylesford Organic:…
ByDivorce now!
Spear’s, as is our optimistic nature and faith in human ingenuity, has seen the upside to the downturn: now could…
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