Patrick Kidd on Corbyn's comrade bingo and sketching a 'Wodehousian menagerie' at Parliament
The Times’ political sketchwriter and column editor talks about how he began his journey as a ‘diary-fodder gopher’ The historian…
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Lord Lucan still isn't dead… yet
The murderous peer’s son is applying to have his father finally declared dead so he can at last inherit his…
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Is classic aircraft investment really taking-off?
Seventy-five years ago, young airmen were fighting for King and Country as the Battle of Britain raged in the skies…
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Why the best way to enjoy a safari is from the air
Elewana’s newly launched SkySafari Kenya is a totally brilliant concept. Provided there are two or more of you, you have…
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Winners of Spear’s Wealth Management Awards 2015 announced
Spear’s, the wealth management, business and culture magazine, has announced the winners of the Wealth Management Awards 2015, in association…
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The awards, in association with Gaggenau, celebrate the innovations and successes of entrepreneurs, philanthropists, private bankers and more Spear’s, the…
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The chancellor has made employers responsible for their gardeners' pensions
Employers must contribute to the pensions of their domestic help or face a tax evader’s fine under the government’s automatic…
ByHalloween stirs London's cauldron of decadent devilry
Boy About Town Zak Smith gives Spear’s a rundown of the capital’s most delightfully debauched places to celebrate Halloween London…
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ARC: The company so good their client bought them out
Above: An example of the way ARC can look at an investment manager’s performance Established twenty years ago, Asset Risk…
ByCan art criticism ever be defamatory?
Aurea Kevill thinks considering the implications ’is worthy of a law school exam’ Frieze, London’s leading contemporary art fair, created…
ByLife for one victim after Bernie Madoff's $64 billion Ponzi scheme
Bernard Madoff will spend the rest of his days behind bars ?but how are the victims faring? Alex Matchett hears…
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Around the World in 80 Hotels: Grand Hotel Tremezzo, Lake Como, Italy
At this moment I’m sitting on a bed, in the dark, in a North Korean hotel. There is no hot…
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Meet Pierre Hermé, the macaron maker so famous he has his own waxwork
The celebrated patissier tells Rasika Sittamparam a culinary tale like no other, spanning over 40 years’ of experience and travel…
ByMeet Pierre Hermé, the macaron maker so famous he has his own waxwork
Rasika Sittamparam meets the ‘Picasso of pastry’ who now has his own waxwork to add to his Chevalier de la…
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Global figures discuss tax on HNWs to ease refugee crisis
Matthew Hardeman reports as policymakers and thought-leaders meet at the Global Citizen Forum in Monaco to discuss the proposed Global…
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Visit Colombia and take a tour with Pablo Escobar’s brother
Pop culture pieces like Narcos and Zero Zero Zero highlight Colombia’s troubled history, even as it emerges as a tourist…
ByWhat's happening in Marfa, Texas?
More than 40 years after Donald Judd put Marfa on the map, the Texas art-mecca has expanded way beyond his…
ByVisit Colombia and take a tour with Pablo Escobar's brother
Pop culture pieces like Narcos and Zero Zero Zero highlight Colombia’s troubled history, even as it emerges as a tourist…
ByThe woman guarding the secrets behind Acqua di Parma's astonishing success
We meet Gabriella Scarpa, CEO of Acqua di Parma, the brand that breaks all the rules of modern luxury retailing…
ByHMRC's top ten excuses, 2015 edition
Ahead of the 31 October filing deadline, Colin Senez lists the choice (non-)excuses you’ll want to avoid (hungry dogs included)…
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