At the Centre of the Fringe: Melinda Hughes' Edinburgh Diary
How many other Fringe performers are buying M&S food, contemplating a Gucci belt and drinking cocktails at up-market hotels? How…
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Review: Prom 69 Beethoven, Bruckner/Oslo Philharmonic; Prom 74 Bach, Bruckner/Vienna Philharmonic; Last Night of the Proms/BBCSO
I’m so lucky to live in this city, with its wealth of music and art at my fingertips In the…
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The group formally backed plans to tackle international tax avoidance and evasion at its meeting in July Leaders of the…
BySTEP: Swiss banks apologise for helping tax evasion
The industry’s chief spokesperson, Swiss Bankers Association President Patrick Odier, admitted at a news conference this week that the policy…
BySigned something you’ve later regretted? All is not lost in law
‘One of the strengths of English law is that there are cases where the court will look past the strict…
ByAt the Sharp End: Balthazar Fabricius
The founder of bespoke gambling firm Fitzdares faces the Spear’s inquisition What would your other career be? I initially loved…
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Back to business as unusual
And so we’re back: la rentrée is in full flow, computers are whirring, distracting apps on our devices are deactivated,…
ByBloomberg: Germans bringing home Swiss stashed cash in diapers and other unusual ways
‘We had a 72-year-old man wearing a woman’s corset with 150,000 euros stuffed inside,’ said Markus Ueckert, a spokesman for…
ByWhy a property renovation tax relief is coming under threat
Business Property Renovation Allowance shares a number of similarities with Enterprise Zone reliefs and has been utilised by a number…
ByLaw firms that want growth should look to private-client work
A study found that out of the UK’s ten fastest-growing firms in terms of revenues, five offered traditional private client…
ByCan juries really no longer be trusted on complex cases?
Since the humiliation of the bungling jurors in the Vicky Pryce case, juries have taken quite a hammering. Are Joe…
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Reuters: France adds Jersey, Bermuda and BVI to tax haven blacklist
PARIS, Aug 29 (Reuters) – France has added Jersey, Bermuda and the British Virgin Islands to its list of uncooperative…
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Gareth Bale’s €100-million transfer shows the free market is working
There are two possible reactions to the news of Gareth Bale’s transfer from Tottenham to Real Madrid for £86 million…
ByWatch: Coming off your bicycle – and getting back on
Today, editor Josh Spero reflects on what he learnt about life after falling off his bike and nearly hurtling down…
ByGareth Bale's ’100-million transfer shows the free market is working
A shrewd investor will have seen that anyone who can grab that much of the public’s attention ought to reward…
ByBest of Spear’s: Opera in Beirut, bones in Leicester, alcohol (not) in bathtubs
The best articles and blogs from the past week at Spear’s We present the most popular articles from the Spear’s…
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Mansion tax will have to start at £1.25m, capturing 140,000 homes, to raise promised amount
The Knight Frank report, entitled Taxing High Value Homes, shows that a mansion tax on homes worth £2 million or…
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STEP: Swiss banks face painful US demands
Swiss banks hoping to escape prosecution in the US will have to pay between 20 and 50 per cent of…
BySpinning for Syria: Why there's always someone willing to play devil's advocate
In every war, there are people willing to promote even the side committing the atrocities As we watch the horrible…
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William Drabble guest-edits Food Friday
William Drabble is executive chef of Seven Park Place at St James’s Hotel & Club, Mayfair and here he talks…
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