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Mayfair 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…
ByQuis ducet ipsos duces?
As Juvenal never said, who will lead the leaders? In this case, the leading hotels of the world – or…
BySuing for Success
If wealth managers and investment bankers could be sued simply for losing money, their lawyers’ phones would currently be ringing…
ByThe Shame of Shopping
The times, as even the dullest Birkin-wielder slouching down Sloane Street will surely have noticed, are recessionary, so when buying…
ByAndrew Roberts
An invitation arrives for the launch of Alain de Botton’s new book, The Pleasures and Sorrows of Work, which will…
ByBox by Box
In the last Hedgehog, we brought you the news that set menus are the new à la carte, and that…
ByMuscovite Munching
As celebrated by the new Russian edition of Spear’s WMS, Moscow is a home from home for high net worths,…
ByIce, Ice, Baby
What’s cool is hot and what cold is even hotter, according to the press release which just landed in Hedgehog’s…
ByFacing up to a P45
Many of London’s lawyers and financiers are now working under the threat of redundancy. Josh Spero looks at the rights…
ByYour Inflexible Friend
For too long, the strong pound has merely been a metaphor (and now not even that). For too long, the…
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