London’s financial crown looks safe despite Brexit and naysayers
William Cash aims a shotgun of rhetoric at anyone questioning the validity of London as the world’s financial capital post…
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Review: Lurra in Seymour Place
Sophie McIntyre is lured to London’s Basque enclave and finds the 14 year old steak they serve is far from…
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Theresa May City favourite for Tory leadership
The home secretary is currently seen as a safe pair of hands to protect the Square Mile’s interests post-Brexit, writes…
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The Giver and the Gift: Jeffrey D Montgomery and Finding Rhythms
On Jeffrey D Montgomery’s serendipitous gift to to a charity that inspires prisoners through music. THE GIVER: Jeffrey D Montgomery,…
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V&A Party lights up the summer social scene
London society has a new stalwart in its summer season calendar, says William Cash. Kylie Minogue With the fountain courtyard…
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Wyatt v Vince: why divorce settlements should not be delayed
The twenty-year battle is a stark reminder that divorcees should ‘wrap matters up’ at the time of divorce, write James…
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Svalbard: the Arctic’s delicate treasure islands
Having been the base for whalers, soldiers and miners the world’s most northerly community is now adapting to the increasing…
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Can Britain follow Norway’s ‘model of openness’?
Ceris Gardner on why the authorities, and not the neighbours, should be the judge on fair play in tax. Who…
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Why the experts were all wrong about Brexit
William Cash says the editors of The Economist have more than egg on their faces (again). We heard a lot…
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A global group: Six Senses Hotels and Spas
As eco-credentials become essential for the high-end traveller, Zak Smith looks at Six Senses Hotels and Spas. The Six Senses…
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Britain votes Brexit
Shock victory for Farage and co. after the United Kingdom votes to leave the European Union. Read the reaction here…
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Alessandro Tomé on the Maldives
Alessandro Tomé goes swimming with Whale Sharks for Spear’s. ‘Oh. My. God. It is HUGE!’ exclaimed the Not So Blond…
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Messi is retiring from his tax responsibilities too
Colin Senez, an associate at boutique private wealth law firm Maurice Turnor Gardner LLP, talks us through the Messi tax…
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The heal of Italy
What have the Romans ever done for us? Plenty if you’re a spa lover — and now the Italians are…
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Bill Cash: ‘The government’s behaviour has been disreputable’
Laetitia Cash hears from her father, Sir William Cash MP, the veteran Eurosceptic, about the significance of today’s Brexit vote…
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The Power of Pillow Talk
Spear’s Editor-in-Chief William Cash bangs the Brexit drum with a last-minute plea from long-time friend Liz Hurley who ‘hates EU…
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Stephen Hill on The End of Alchemy
No sooner have we digested Ben Bernanke’s crisis memoirs than we have Mervyn King’s excellent new book, The End of…
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James Stewart
The head of Penningtons Manches’ family team has built a reputation for cross-jurisdictional cases, and a commercial edge, having begun…
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‘He really understands people and combines this with an incisive ability to drive through a strategy to obtain the best…
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Thomas Duggins
It’s the problem-solving aspect of family law that drew Duggins — who peers say has ‘gravitas beyond his years’ —…
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