What might Vladimir Putin's long-term plan for regional conquest look like?
Looking south, Putin is the undisputed master of the Black Sea and what lies beyond the southern defence line of…
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In the US and the UK, bankers should expect to get bashed for bonuses
Author: by Stephen Hill After five years of recession, and one of very slow global recovery in which indebted banks…
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How to avoid ending up in jail when doing up your listed building
When considering making changes to a listed building, whether medieval castle or Victorian terrace, it is imperative that you are…
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Alex Matchett says we mustn’t assume financial might necessarily leads to organisational competence, as Brazil’s botched 2016 preparations show Heralded…
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Americans coming to Britain must beware a tax nightmare
As a passionate American Anglophile, you step off the plane at Heathrow excited about spending the summer in the UK.…
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How to make sure your charitable donation goes further
The purpose of Community First has been to encourage more philanthropy in the UK. Our research, published in the ‘Shine…
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Bankers of the world, unite! You have nothing to lose but your chains!
1 May is probably not a date many Spear’s readers will know well. Traditionally celebrated by the labouring classes, International…
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Get out your atlas – this is how Vladimir Putin is going to take over Ukraine
Author: by Stephen Hill At certain times it’s best to resort to an atlas, and this is one of them.…
ByHelene Darroze's Guest Recipe: Grandmother's roast corn-fed chicken stuffed with wild mushrooms
If you feel like cooking up a storm this weekend – in line with the weather forecast, sadly – then…
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People in glass houses should not complain about invasions of privacy (or walk around naked)
WINDOW PAINS An Englishman’s home is his castle. Unless, that is, he lives in a new apartment in Central London…
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Why the British government, not Silicon Valley, should foster UK tech talents
TECH FOR GRANTED Britain’s next generation of tech entrepreneurs look set to herald a golden age of innovation — for…
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What is the law when parents abduct their children?
On 1 April 2014 Japan formally acceded to the Hague Convention on international child abduction. Japan had been subject to…
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What form could the proposed Mansion Tax take?
Discussion of a so called mansion or wealth tax is a hot topic among private wealth practitioners at present. The…
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How philanthropists can help to solve Britain’s food-bank shame
The news that nearly one million people, including over 330,000 children, were supported by a food bank last year hit…
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The Trussell Trust, a charity that runs a network of over 400 food banks in the UK, has seen a…
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How can hard-hit hedge funds still justify hefty fees?
HEDGE TRIMMERS By the 1990s, wrote Sebastian Mallaby in his book More Money than God, ‘the hedge-fund titans were the…
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Jonathan Ross net worth
Jonathan Ross OBE has an estimated net worth of £24 million. Born on November 17, 1960, in Camden Town, London,…
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How the legalisation of pre-nups will help protect offshore trusts
Offshore trusts can enable family wealth to benefit future generations and remain a popular succession-planning vehicle for wealthy families. Wherever…
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HMRC is in the hot seat as anti-avoidance looks set to get tougher
Tax reliefs are an essential part of the tax system. They can be used as a mechanism to redistribute wealth,…
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Review of Henri Matisse's The Cut-Outs at Tate Modern
There is much to gain by seeing these pieces in the flesh, as not only are they a whirling carousel…
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