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Today, editor Josh Spero reflects on what he learnt about life after falling off his bike and nearly hurtling down…
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Gareth 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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A wolf in dog's clothing
Before I had a baby, I thought of myself as the consummate dog-lover. Dogs were friends, always excited to see…
ByAfter German elections, Merkel will still be left footing the bill
The austerity Merkel will now enforce on the laggards just drives down the whole eurozone Merkel is looking like a…
ByDay of the remains: after Richard III was recovered, who owns your corpse?
It wasn’t surprising that there was a huge amount of press coverage when archaeologists at Leicester University uncovered Richard III’s…
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Farmland starts to hit Mayfair prices
The report, from the Royal Institute of Chartered Surveyors, has found that since 2004 farmland has risen to around £7,441…
ByWhen a super-basement turns out to be a super-pain
When is enough enough? The recent reports that a hedge funder is spending £4 million building a subterranean complex in…
ByWhat’s the best way to give to the Syrian refugee crisis?
As the civil war in Syria becomes more acute, so too does the refugee crisis in neighbouring countries. Since the…
ByWhat's the best way to give to the Syrian refugee crisis?
Emergency appeals are a fantastic way of raising large sums of money very quickly. UK donors have shown themselves to…
ByBusiness Times: Singapore may be able to peek into bank accounts
Sources are concerned that removing the court order process would dilute Singapore’s attractiveness as a trust jurisdiction Trust industry associations…
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STEP: Julius Baer data thief sentenced to jail
Lutz Otte sold the account information to the German tax authorities for EUR1.1 million in order to pay his own…
ByOn the trail of opera in Beirut, amid wars and lies, and what it tells us about the Middle East today
Could Beirut be the new Bayreuth? Lebanon’s fledgling opera scene is emerging from desperate Civil War days with the help…
ByFive ways to make your divorce easier
Getting divorced at any time is stressful and difficult, but here are five tried and tested tips to help you…
BySitwell scoffs in Quinta do Lago, Portugal
I’m sun-kissed and stuffed. But not from the classic dishes of Portugal In the summer of 1970 Polish-born property developer…
ByA few foodie delights for this bank holiday weekend
Why not head outside, smell some herbs, eat some food and generally make merry? The bank holiday is coming up,…
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