Best of Spear’s last week: Modern butlers, Spear’s Book Award winners, the wealthy in dark
Most read on Spear’s last week: Butlers today outshine their Victorian counterparts, the winners of Spear’s Book Awards and how…
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Claude Bosi of Hibiscus on why lunch is the most important meal of the day
We all know that the more miserable we are the less productive we become and I believe that we are…
BySitwell Scoffs: Bo Lang, South Kensington, and One Leicester Street
This week William Sitwell relaxes in a ‘cheeky’ new dim sum. He enjoys a fresh Spanish white but isn’t too…
ByGlassmaking heir Georg Riedel has a smashing time talking to Spear’s
The head of Riedel Glass Austria explains the importance of pairing fine wine with good glasses The other week I…
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Lord Grantham’s predicament: What Downton Abbey can teach us about dying without a will
Downton Abbey devotees and law students alike must have heaved a collective sigh of relief with the return to our…
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During tough times, selling property means you have to talk the talk
‘We do love it but it seems expensive.’ It sure isn’t cheap, I wanted to respond, but instead I said:…
ByLord Grantham's predicament: What Downton Abbey can teach us about dying without a will
While death at an early age is always tragic and as was observed of Matthew, he anticipated being around for…
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Preview: Joss Ackland as King Lear
This Sunday afternoon will see veteran actor Joss Ackland – aged 85 – taking to the stage of The Old…
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An easy lesson for philanthropists: How to help disadvantaged kids get into university
Listening to Desert Island Discs this weekend, I was struck by author Zadie Smith’s early life. It was not just…
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Bristol and Plymouth are named UK’s first social enterprise cities
Bristol and Plymouth named UK’s first social enterprise cities It may be the country’s most vibrant city and an international…
ByAsia Pacific to have most wealthy people by 2015
According to the Capgemini/RBC Wealth Management Asia Pacific Wealth Report 2013, the region’s HNW population and wealth increased by 31…
ByHMRC is disappointed with UK-Swiss tax agreement, but were expectations unrealistic?
The government hoped to extricate £3.2 billion from UK-held bank accounts in Switzerland, but only £747 million has been received…
ByHonesty, however expensive, is the best policy in divorce
This case demonstrates a growing trend for the courts to come down hard on ‘non-disclosers’ in divorce proceedings In a…
ByBristol and Plymouth are named UK's first social enterprise cities
The South West tops the charts for social entrepreneurship, while our buzzing capital city is way down the list Bristol…
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A buy one, get one free offer for tutoring which helps the disadvantaged
While tutoring may be (in some cases) a thousand-pound-an-hour gig, not every tuition firm is in it solely for the…
ByThe gold rush for commodities isn’t over yet, despite claims the super-cycle is dead
Demand from governments and private investors for gold and other commodities suggests that, contrary to popular opinion, the latest super-cycle…
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Turning off the QE tap is going to be impossible
Ben Bernanke pulled back in horror from a 1937-style repeat of Marriner Eccles’ premature emasculation of the economy, in Helicopter…
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Philanthropists expect too much change too quickly, report says
Wealthy philanthropists are ambitious and want to see changes in government policies soon after they have made a donation, but…
ByWatch: Are the wealthy healthier than everyone else?
This week, Josh Spero talks about why the wealthier are healthier than everyone else, and what we should do about…
ByOsborne’s Swiss tax raid falls short by £2 billion
The Treasury faces a £2bn hole in the public finances because the deal with the Swiss authorities has raised significantly…
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