Ralph & Russo at Coutts
Coutts has taken banks’ public image problem more literally than most. Walk past their Strand headquarters, and you will notice…
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New City Initiative to Launch in Europe
New City Initiative, the lobbying group of small- and medium-sized UK wealth managers, is to launch in Europe in an…
ByThe Hedgehog Issue 24
Classic Car Tours, Africa tours, Spear’s bi-monthly tour de force, it’s Hedgehog. Cloudy It’s an irony that the Cloud, the…
ByMark Hix
My Belgravia project has been dragging on a bit, but it’s set to open mid-January. Belgravia is new territory for…
ByAmanda Palmer
Cinema is already the number-one entertainment for the Arab world big Hollywood films and Egyptian films go down well, and…
ByThe Hedgehog Issue 23
The Hedgehog is proud to introduce Spear’s Credit Ratings Agency Programme (SCRAP) designed to tell you what’s good as gold…
By99th Velazquez Uncovered and Up for Sale at Bonhams
The 99th picture assigned to Velazquez has been unveiled at Bonhams, one of only five in private hands. It is…
ByBig Bang 25th Anniversary Party More Like a Wake
The party at Drapers Hall last night to celebrate the 25th anniversary of Big Bang was made cheerful by the…
BySpear's Exclusive: David Linley says Christie's to Launch Next Generation Art Education Course
Just before he corrected my pronunciation of ‘Velazquez’, David Linley gave Spear’s an exclusive: as chairman of Christie’s, he will…
ByGeoffrey Kent on HNW Chinese Tourism
Chinese Takeaway Geoffrey Kent, founder of Abercrombie & Kent, has started offering luxury holidays for Chinese millionaires. What does the…
ByTuning in to Tunisia
Sophie McBain watched an interview with the new finance minister of free Tunisia. He’s got the banking and political skills…
BySwiss Toll
Who would have thought relocating to Switzerland could be so hard? A conference at the Westbury Hotel in October highlighted…
ByPatrick Perrin
There’s nothing like frenzied hammering hours before the opening of your art fair to calm the nerves THERE’S NOTHING LIKE…
ByLinley? Bentley? Absolutely!
Not too many days start off in a Bentley (or end in a Bentley, or indeed have anything to do…
ByChristie's London Asian Art Week
As has often been reported, Asian art is the next big thing. Except, it’s been a big thing for a…
BySeeing Swarovski's Sights (and the Heights) at St Paul's
If you’ve ever found climbing to the top of St Paul’s Geometric Staircase a little tiring, the new installation of…
ByThe Zagats talk Google and celebrity chefs
Just as The Ivy has become London’s most popular restaurant, according to the new 2012 London restaurant survey from Zagat,…
ByA Sour August for Oenophiles, says Mark Bedini of Fine+Rare
Following a poor August for the Liv-Ex fine wine index, which declined by 4 per cent, Mark Bedini of wine…
ByBritish wealthy silent on more taxes
Among the recent clamour of the American and European wealthy to be taxed more, one country’s billionaires have remained resolutely…
ByNew at the French Laundry: Curry?
In which Thomas Keller confesses where he’d really like to be eating in London as his pop-up French Laundry launches…
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